Title :
Subnanosecond laser pulses from a grazing incidence dye laser
Author :
Zheng, J.P. ; Menard, K. ; Kwok, H.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, NY, USA
fDate :
7/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Dye laser pulses with a duration of 160-350 ps and a spectral width of 0.06 nm were obtained by pumping a grazing incidence dye laser with a

-switched Nd : YAG laser. The pulse shortening was due to a cavity transient effect which has also been observed in N
2laser-pumped dye lasers.
Keywords :
Dye lasers; Neodymium:YAG lasers; Optical pulses; Q-switched lasers; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lenses; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1987.1073484