High-power dye laser pulses by cascaded controlled transient oscillation

Shao Chung Hsu, Hoi Sing Kwok

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Abstract

The output of a picosecond cascade-pumped controlled transient oscillation (CTO) dye laser has been amplified to the milli-joule level. Single-mode operation and frequency selection with a spectral width of O.2 nm were achieved by using an angle-tuned narrowband interference filter. A plasma shutter was employed as a pulse clean-up device for these high-power laser pulses. This device had a transmission of 86 percent and provided background-free operation for the laser system, Sychrouizabl output pulses with an energy of 2 mj and a duration of 20 ps at 10 pps were routinely produced. The gain of the amplifier chain was about 7.5 × 104.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2015-2019
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1987
Externally publishedYes

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