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Femtosecond transform-limited Kerr-lens mode-locked dye lasers

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Using SF6 glass plates as intracavity Kerr lenses and double-prism pairs for dispersion compensation, we achieve tunable femtosecond passive mode locking in rhodamine 590 (R6G) and 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-16-p-dimethylaminostyryl-4H-pyran (DCM) dye lasers. The R6G laser produces transform limited 240–500 fs pulses between 577 and 606 nm, and the DCM laser produces 150 fs transform-limited pulses between 650 and 671 nm. We use dilute intracavity saturable-absorber jets to make the mode locking self-starting. Characteristics of the pulses and the stability regions of the lasers agree with general theories of passive mode locking.

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  1. Yuh-Fwu Chou

    Present address: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Center for Measurement Standards, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, People's Republic of China

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  1. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China

    Chau-Hwang Lee, Jyhpying Wang & Yuh-Fwu Chou

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China

    Chau-Hwang Lee, Jyhpying Wang & Yuh-Fwu Chou

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Lee, CH., Wang, J. & Chou, YF. Femtosecond transform-limited Kerr-lens mode-locked dye lasers. Opt Quant Electron 28, 1443–1452 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326216

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