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Generation and measurement of frequency-tunable picosecond pulses from dye lasers

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Experimental techniques for the generation of frequency-tunable picosecond pulses from passively mode-locked dye lasers are reviewed. Direct photoelectric measurements of pulse durations with a streak-camera of time resolution <3 ps are described. Recent studies of the build-up of pulse shortening and of saturable absorber photochemistry are discussed and related to the mode-locking processes in dye lasers.

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Bradley, D.J. Generation and measurement of frequency-tunable picosecond pulses from dye lasers. Opto-electronics 6, 25–42 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01421988

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