DocumentCode
1138566
Title
Pulsed Nd:YAG laser utilizing a flowing dye cell
Author
Clobes, A. ; Brienza, M.
Author_Institution
United Aircraft Research Labs., East Hartford, CT, USA
Volume
6
Issue
10
fYear
1970
fDate
10/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
651
Lastpage
651
Abstract
Optical distortion in a repetitively pulsed, passively mode-locked Nd:YAG laser system, resulting from laser-pulsed heating of the liquid dye, has degraded the amplitude uniformity of the output pulse trains at repetition rates greater than 1 pps. This correspondence describes a Nd:YAG system in which a flowing mode-locking dye cell is used. The effect of flowing the dye is to remove the thermally distorted volume of liquid before the incidence of the next pulse train. This procedure has resulted in pulse trains of uniform amplitude at rates limited only by the power supply, i.e., 20 pps.
Keywords
Heating; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Lenses; Motion pictures; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulsed power supplies; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1970.1076330
Filename
1076330
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