Simultaneous tunable two-wavelength operation of flashlamp pumped dye lasers

doi:10.1016/0030-4018(76)90370-9

Optics Communications

Volume 19, Issue 1, October 1976, Pages 5-6

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Abstract

Three dye laser cavity arrangements are described which have been used to generate two or more wavelengths simultaneously with a bandwidth of 1 cm^-1 in the visible. The arrangement is useful for experiments that require two independently tunable sources of radiation.

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