Excimer Pumped Pulsed Tunable Dye Laser

Michael G Littman

doi:10.1117/12.945505

22 June 1988 Excimer Pumped Pulsed Tunable Dye Laser

Michael G Littman

Proceedings Volume 0912, Pulse Single-Frequency Lasers: Technology and Applications; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945505
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

It has been recently shown and reported for the first time at this meeting, that Excimer pumping of a single-mode, short-cavity, grazing-incidence, longitudinally-pumped pulsed dye laser is feasible. In this paper the key concepts upon which this latest development is based are presented and are in a somewhat unusual form. This manuscript describes five specific dye laser examples. The five examples represent a progression from the simplest type of dye laser to the single-mode version mentioned above. The examples thus serve as a tutorial introduction to potential users of dye lasers. The article is organized into five sections or STEPS, each of which describes a different pulsed dye laser. Since the subtle points about dye lasers are best appreciated only after one actually attempts to build a working model, a PROCEDURES category is included in which details about the construction of the particular form of laser are given. As one reads through this category, think of it as looking over the shoulder of the laser builder. The NOTES category which follows is a brief but essential discussion explaining why various components and procedures are used, as well as how laser performance specifications are obtained. This subsection can he viewed as a discussion with the laser builder concerning the reasons for specific actions and choices made in the assembly of the example laser. The last category contains COMMENTS which provide additional related information pertaining to the example laser that goes beyond the earlier annotated discussion. If you like, these are the narrator's comments. At the end of the article, after the five sequential forms of the laser have been presented, there is a brief summation.

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Michael G Littman "Excimer Pumped Pulsed Tunable Dye Laser", Proc. SPIE 0912, Pulse Single-Frequency Lasers: Technology and Applications, (22 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945505

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