• DocumentCode
    1101813
  • Title

    Passive mode locking in the near infrared

  • Author

    Sibbett, W. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Imperial College, London, England, United Kingdom
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    2/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    110
  • Abstract
    Passive mode locking in the previously uncovered 705-798 nm spectral region has been achieved with a simple flashlamp-pumped dye laser using rhodamine 700 as the active medium with DCI (1, 1´- Diethyl-4, 4´-carbocyanine iodide) and DDCI (1, 1´ Diethyl-2, 2´-dicarbocyanine iodide) as saturable absorbers. Pulses having duration in the range 4-7 ps with peak powers up to 10 MW have been produced. Several other saturable absorbers have also been shown to operate successfully in this wavelength range.
  • Keywords
    Dye lasers; Mode locked lasers; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Pulse modulation; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1984.1072367
  • Filename
    1072367