Performance of a flashlamp-pumped solid state dye laser

Stephen W. Minnigh; Dennis P. Pacheco; James G. Burke; Paul J. Dunleavy; Henry R. Aldag; John J. Ehrlich

doi:10.1117/12.236175

25 March 1996 Performance of a flashlamp-pumped solid state dye laser

Stephen W. Minnigh, Dennis P. Pacheco, James G. Burke, Paul J. Dunleavy, Henry R. Aldag, John J. Ehrlich

Proceedings Volume 2698, Solid State Lasers V; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236175
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes an ongoing study of dye-doped polymer materials as gain media in flashlamp-pumped systems. In this work, we have demonstrated 300 mJ/pulse at 0.4% energy efficiency using PM-597 in modified PMMA. The slope efficiency was maintained at 0.46%, except at the highest input energies. These results are quite comparable to those obtained for the same dye in liquid solution. Two important materials considerations in achieving these results are to keep the bulk transmission losses below 0.5%/cm, and to design the resonator in accord with the static as well as the dynamic lensing of the rod.

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Stephen W. Minnigh, Dennis P. Pacheco, James G. Burke, Paul J. Dunleavy, Henry R. Aldag, and John J. Ehrlich "Performance of a flashlamp-pumped solid state dye laser", Proc. SPIE 2698, Solid State Lasers V, (25 March 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236175

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