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Synchronization of an Active-Passive Mode-Locked Nd:YAG Laser and a Mode-Locked Argon Ion Laser

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Picosecond Phenomena II

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We report on the synchronization of pulses from an active-passive mode-1ocked Nd:YAG laser [1] to pulses from a mode-locked Ar ion laser. The jitter between the laser pulses was 18 ps (root mean square) with maximum deviations of ±30 ps over 18 shots. The addition of a synchronously pumped dye laser [2] to the YAG-Ar system would offer a picosecond tunable laser well synchronized to a high-power, high-energy laser. The low-energy dye pulses could also be amplified in dye cells pumped by the synchronous pulses from the mode-locked YAG laser. Applications include picosecond chemistry and laser fusion experiments.

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  1. Institute of Optics and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

    G. T. Harvey, G. Mourou & C. W. Gabel

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  1. G. T. Harvey
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  1. Bell Laboratories, NJ 07733, Holmdel, USA

    Charles V. Shank (Conference Chairman) (Conference Chairman)

  2. University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, Philadelphia, USA

    Robin Hochstrasser

  3. Technische Universität München, D-8000, München, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Wolfgang Kaiser

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Harvey, G.T., Mourou, G., Gabel, C.W. (1980). Synchronization of an Active-Passive Mode-Locked Nd:YAG Laser and a Mode-Locked Argon Ion Laser. In: Shank, C.V., Hochstrasser, R., Kaiser, W. (eds) Picosecond Phenomena II. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87861-9_11

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