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The design and operation characteristics of a distributed feedback dye laser (DFDL) system pumped by the second harmonic of a flashlamp pumped mode-locked Nd: YAG laser are described. The DFDL oscillator facilitates a large tuning range with nearly Fourier limited pulse durations of about 1.6 ps. The combined action of saturated absorption and amplification results in a pulse shortening to about 600 fs, with small fluctuations in the pulse duration. Output pulse energies of more than 400 μJ are achieved, corresponding to a peak power of more than 650 MW. Since the dye amplifiers are pumped by pulses of only 25 ps duration the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is very low, typically less than 10−4.
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Raksi, F., Heuer, W. & Zacharias, H. A high-power subpicosecond distributed feedback dye laser system pumped by a mode-locked Nd: YAG laser. Appl. Phys. B 53, 97–100 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325538
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325538