Femtosecond transform-limited Kerr-lens mode-locked dye lasers |
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| Authors: | Chau-Hwang Lee Jyhpying Wang Yuh-Fwu Chou |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China;(2) Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China;(3) Present address: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Center for Measurement Standards, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Using SF6 glass plates as intracavity Kerr lenses and double-prism pairs for dispersion compensation, we achieve tunable femtosecond passive mode locking in rhodamine 590 (R6G) and 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-16-p-dimethylaminostyryl-4H-pyran (DCM) dye lasers. The R6G laser produces transform limited 240–500 fs pulses between 577 and 606 nm, and the DCM laser produces 150 fs transform-limited pulses between 650 and 671 nm. We use dilute intracavity saturable-absorber jets to make the mode locking self-starting. Characteristics of the pulses and the stability regions of the lasers agree with general theories of passive mode locking. |
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