GHz tuning of a planar dye laser with single dispersive element

1 February 1976

journal article
conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 28 (3) , 124-126
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88685

Abstract

A new scheme for tuning a planar waveguide dye laser is presented. Because of the high gain produced in the waveguide structure, a high-dispersion slit-grating arrangement can be used as a feedback element of the laser. Output energy of a few tens of mJ, which corresponded to the saturated output of the amplifier, was obtained within a 2-GHz bandwidth. A very stable and repeatable output frequency was observed. The device demonstrates that, as long as the waveguide overcomes gain and refractive index inhomogeneities, a much higher energy output can be expected from scaled-up devices.

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