(1) Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Am Fassberg, D-3400 Göttingen, Fed. Rep. Germany;(2) Present address: Department of Experimental Physics, JATE University, Dom ter 9, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Abstract:
The N2-laser pumped distributed feedback dye laser is a new type of picosecond light source. A rate equation model describing the ultrashort pulse formation is presented. The temporal behavior of the distributed feedback dye laser predicted by the model has been compared with experimental results obtained with a streak camera system. The observed good agreement allows application of the theoretical model for the engineering of an inexpensive picosecond laser