Abstract

Using a two-stage optical-fiber pulse compressor together with an optical amplifier, we have compressed the 5.4-psec pulses from a synchronously pumped mode-locked dye laser to 16-fsec duration. The compressed pulses had peak powers of 80 kW and a repetition rate of 200 Hz and were tunable over the wavelength of the dye laser.

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Tunable femtosecond dye laser synchronously pumped by the compressed second harmonic of Nd:YAG

A. M. Johnson and W. M. Simpson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2(4) 619-625 (1985)

Generation of subpicosecond pulses from a continuous-wave mode-locked Nd:YAG laser using a two-stage optical compression technique

A. S. L. Gomes, W. Sibbett, and J. R. Taylor
Opt. Lett. 10(7) 338-340 (1985)

Generation of intense 25-fsec pulses by a pulsed laser system

G. Angel, R. Gagel, and A. Laubereau
Opt. Lett. 14(18) 1005-1007 (1989)

Stable operation of a synchronously pumped colliding-pulse mode-locked ring dye laser

M. C. Nuss, R. Leonhardt, and W. Zinth
Opt. Lett. 10(1) 16-18 (1985)

Generation of 85-fsec pulses by synchronous pumping of a colliding-pulse mode-locked dye laser

T. Norris, T. Sizer, and G. Mourou
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2(4) 613-615 (1985)