Pulse shortening utilizing acceptor dye as saturable absorber in energy transfer distributed feedback dye laser

P. K. Palanisamy; M. Basheer Ahamed

doi:10.1117/12.645238

21 January 2006 Pulse shortening utilizing acceptor dye as saturable absorber in energy transfer distributed feedback dye laser

P. K. Palanisamy, M. Basheer Ahamed

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Proceedings Volume 6108, Commercial and Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Lasers VI; 61080X (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.645238
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, a simple method of pulse narrowing by double Q-switching is presented. In energy transfer distributed feedback dye laser (ETDFDL) when acceptor dye acts as a saturable absorber, pulse narrowing is observed in both donor and acceptor emission regions. In prism-dye cell configuration using second harmonic of Nd-YAG laser as pump source, the ETDFDL output is obtained from dyes Rhodamine 6G (R6G) as donor and Acid Blue 7 (Ab7)/Thionine (Th) as acceptors. In Rhodamine 6G and Acid Blue 7 combination pulse narrowing is observed only in the acceptor region whereas in the other combination namely Rhodamine 6G and Thionine, it is observed in both donor and acceptor regions. This is because of good overlap of the emission spectra of donor with the absorption spectra of acceptor. The detailed study is presented in this paper.

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P. K. Palanisamy and M. Basheer Ahamed "Pulse shortening utilizing acceptor dye as saturable absorber in energy transfer distributed feedback dye laser", Proc. SPIE 6108, Commercial and Biomedical Applications of Ultrafast Lasers VI, 61080X (21 January 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.645238

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Absorption

Dye lasers

Energy transfer

Rhodamine

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