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A Tunable Picosecond Dye Laser for Use in Dioxin Analysis

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A distributed-feedback dye laser with a quenching cavity was designed and constructed for generating a tunable picosecond pulse with a narrow spectral linewidth. This nearly transform-limited pulse was succeedingly amplified by a triple-pass off-axis amplifier. The pulse duration and the spectral linewidth were 60 ps and 9.4 pm, respectively. The amplified pulse was frequency-doubled by second-harmonic generation, producing a 0.5-mJ pulse with no background emission. The potential advantage of this laser in the analysis of dioxin based on supersonic jet/resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization/mass spectrometry is discussed.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Nobuyuki Takeyasu, Takayuki Deguchi, Manami Tsutsumikawa, Junichi Matsumoto & Totaro Imasaka

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Takeyasu, N., Deguchi, T., Tsutsumikawa, M. et al. A Tunable Picosecond Dye Laser for Use in Dioxin Analysis. ANAL. SCI. 18, 243–246 (2002). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.18.243

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