WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING OF DYE-LASERS BY USE OF THE INTRACAVITY OPTICAL KERR-EFFECT

被引:5
作者
CHOU, YF [1 ]
DENG, KL [1 ]
WANG, J [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
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10.1364/OL.18.001247
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Using the intracavity optical Kerr effect, we achieve self-starting wavelength-tunable passive mode locking in a Rhodamine 590 dye laser. With an external grating pair for group-velocity-dispersion compensation, 1.1-ps pulses of approximately twice the bandwidth of the Fourier-transform limit are obtained. Mode locking is by a dilute saturable absorber jet, and the wavelength is tuned from 579 to 602 nm with a birefringent filter.
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