Tunable subnanosecond pulse generation in a ring dye laser bidirectionally pumped by overlapped nanosecond pulses

Andrei D. Delev; Dimitar G. Slavov; Margarita A. Deneva; Elena V. Stoykova; Marin N. Nenchev

doi:10.1117/12.347599

7 May 1999 Tunable subnanosecond pulse generation in a ring dye laser bidirectionally pumped by overlapped nanosecond pulses

Andrei D. Delev, Dimitar G. Slavov, Margarita A. Deneva, Elena V. Stoykova, Marin N. Nenchev

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Proceedings Volume 3571, Tenth International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.347599
Event: 10th International School on Quantum Electronics: Lasers: Physics and Applications, 1998, Varna, Bulgaria

Abstract

We report an original approach for tunable subnanosecond pulse (200 - 500 ps) generation in a ring dye laser. It is based on limitation of generation to a single `spike' from the starting transient process using for excitation a quasi- rectangular pulse with duration less or comparable with the time interval between the spikes. The pumping pulse (3 - 7 ns) is formed both by electrooptical division of a standard nanosecond (15 - 50 ns) pulse emitted by a Q-modulated laser in an original scheme and by overlapping of the obtained partial pulses which are fed bi-directionally into the active medium of the ring laser.

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Andrei D. Delev, Dimitar G. Slavov, Margarita A. Deneva, Elena V. Stoykova, and Marin N. Nenchev "Tunable subnanosecond pulse generation in a ring dye laser bidirectionally pumped by overlapped nanosecond pulses", Proc. SPIE 3571, Tenth International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, (7 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.347599

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