Holography with a dye laser

An experimental setup of a pulsed dye laser for holographic applications is described. The dye laser was longitudinally excited with the frequency-doubled output of a Q-switched ruby laser. A dye laser output in a single TEMoomode, which was continuously tunable across a wide spectrum, was obtained. Thus, the implementation of the dye lasers to holography for many engineering, scientific, and biomedical applications is now possible. The capabilities of a pulsed dye laser for recording holograms are demonstrated.