Subnanosecond tunable dye laser pumped by a Nd:YAG microchip laser

Adam M. Jones; Orven F. Swenson

doi:10.1117/12.644324

28 February 2006 Subnanosecond tunable dye laser pumped by a Nd:YAG microchip laser

Adam M. Jones, Orven F. Swenson

Proceedings Volume 6100, Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices; 610006 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644324
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We have demonstrated a narrowband Littman configuration dye laser longitudinally pumped by the second harmonic of a 250 Hz pulse repetition frequency microchip laser with up to 50 microjoule pulse energies at 532 nm. Rhodamine 6Gd ye in methanol with a 5 cm cavity length produced 9 microjoule pulses with a slope efficiency of 20% at the peak intensity. The dye laser can be tuned from 550 to 575 nm. A 532 nm pump threshold below 4 microjoules was observed. Adding tunability to compact, economical microchip lasers with a spectrally narrow pulsed dye laser provides ideal characteristics for biotechnological applications.

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Adam M. Jones and Orven F. Swenson "Subnanosecond tunable dye laser pumped by a Nd:YAG microchip laser", Proc. SPIE 6100, Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices, 610006 (28 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644324

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