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Efficient amplification of sub-picosecond pulses of a non-CW dye laser

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Efficient amplification in a dye laser amplifier is investigated theoretically and experimentally. A five-level rate equation approach is considered including rotational relaxation of the dye molecules. The effects of the pump pulse duration and of the parameters of the input pulse are discussed. The results are compared with experimental data for 0.5 ps pulses of a pulsed dye laser. Conversion efficiencies >10% are achieved for a single pass amplifier using Nd:YAG pump pulses of 2 ns while an effective fluorescence lifetime of 1.7±0.2 ns is determined for the gain medium rhodamine 6G. The triple pass amplifier stage of the laser system achieves an energy conversion of 4% with 40 μJ output pulses.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-8580, Bayreuth, Fed. Rep. Germany

    M. Fickenscher, H. -G. Purucker & A. Laubereau

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Fickenscher, M., Purucker, H.G. & Laubereau, A. Efficient amplification of sub-picosecond pulses of a non-CW dye laser. Appl. Phys. B 51, 207–210 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405740

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