Title :
Long-pulse generation in rhodamine-6G pumped by a CO2-laser-heated plasma
Author_Institution :
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CN, USA
fDate :
9/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Results obtained using a laser-heated plasma as the pumping source for a dye laser are described. A small dye laser using a cylindrical close-coupled pumping arrangement was operated at various xenon pressures. Dye-laser pulses with 20-ns rise times and 800-ns pulsewidths were obtained.
Keywords :
Laser excitation; Laser noise; Nitrogen; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Plasma sources; Pump lasers; Shape; Wire; Xenon;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1975.1068968
