Chirp-free nanosecond laser amplifier for precision spectroscopy

被引:15
作者
Eyler, EE
Yiannopoulou, A
Gangopadhyay, S
Melikechi, N
机构
[1] UNIV DELAWARE,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,NEWARK,DE 19716
[2] DELAWARE STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,DOVER,DE 19901
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10.1364/OL.22.000049
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a simple method for greatly reducing optical phase perturbations in a nanosecond pulsed dye Frequency shifts are reduced to less than 3 MHz, and frequency chirping to less than 10 MHz, without significant loss of amplified power. This technique has been used to improve the accuracy of precision far-UV wavelength measurements in H-2 to similar to 7 parts in 10(9). (C) 1997 Optical Society of America
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