Download or read book Laser Picosecond Pulse Generation and Measurement written by D. J. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed studies of ruby laser mode-locking with saturable absorbers were carried out. Oscillation in pure, low order transverse modes has been achieved and improvements in pulse duration and general reproducibility have been obtained by employing DDCI in optical contact with a laser cavity mirror. Anomalous quenching effects of two-photon fluorescence patterns in Rhodamine 6G and DPA have been extensively studies. Transverse mode-locking of the ruby laser has also been observed in a confocal cavity which also produced simultaneous transverse and longitudinal mode-locking. The saturable action of phthalocyanine dyes in the vapour phase has been studied and successful Q-switching of the ruby laser employing phthalocyanine vapour has been accomplished. (Author).
Download or read book Research Investigation of the Generation Measurement and Properties of Picosecond Laser Pulses written by William H. Glenn and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report summarizes a number of research projects concerned with the generation, measurement, and properties of picosecond laser pulses produced by mode-locked lasers. Topics discussed include a theory of the two photon absorption-fluorescence method of pulse width measurement, a statistical model of the mode-locking process that is capable of explaining many of the observed features, a comparison of the model with experimental results, experiments with time-resolved spectroscopy and experiments with a novel type of nonlinear optical element that is potentially useful for mode-locking. (Author).
Download or read book Generation and measurement of picosecond laser pulses written by Robert Warren Gunn and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ultrashort Light Pulses written by S.L. Shapiro and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the invention of the laser, a brand-new area of endeavour emerged after the discovery that powerful ultrashort (picosecond) light pulses could be extracted from some lasers. Chemists, physicists, and engineers quickly recognized that such pulses would allow direct temporal studies of extremely rapid phenomena requiring, however, development of revolutionary ultrafast optical and electronic devices. For basic research the development of picosecond pulses was highly important because experimentalists were now able to measure directly the motions of atoms and molecules in liquids and solids: by disrupting a material from equilibrium with an intense picosecond pulse and then recording the time of return to the equilibrium state by picosecond techniques. Studies of picosecond laser pulses-their generation and diagnostic tech niques-are still undergoing a fairly rapid expansion, but a critical review of the state of the art by experienced workers in the field may be a timely help to new experimentalists. We shall review the sophisticated tools developed in the last ten years, including the modelocked picosecond-pulse-emitting lasers, the picosecond detection techniques, and picosecond devices. Moreover, we shall outline the basic foundations for the study of rapid events in chemistry and physics, which have emerged after many interesting experiments and which are now being applied in biology. An in-depth coverage of various aspects of the picosecond field should be helpful to scientists and engineers alike.
Download or read book Ultrashort Laser Pulses written by Wolfgang Kaiser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition in paperback provides an up-to-date review of the state of the art in different generation processes for ultrashort laser pulses. Inaddition, extensive applications in a wide range of fields - in physics,engineering, chemistry, and biology - are discussed: Eight chapters dealwith the following topics: -the generation of picosecond and femtosecond laser pulses -nonlinear wave interactions - new investigations in solid-state physics - recent progress in optoelectronics - advances in coherent material excitations - ultrafast vibrational lifetimes and energy redistribution in liquids - new observations of chemical reactions in the liquid state - the primary processes of important biological systems The book is essential reading for scientists and engineers who want to know what is going on in this rapidly advancing field. It should also interest graduate students and others who seek an introduction to laserpulses.
Download or read book Flexible Generation of Picosecond Laser Pulses in the Infrared and Green Spectral Range by Gain Switching of Semiconductor Lasers written by Sina Riecke and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picosecond laser pulses find diverse applications for example in material processing as well as in analysis and sensing. Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy in particular requires pulses with variable repetition rate and moderate pulse energy. While suitable pulses in the red and blue spectral range can be provided by gain-switched laser diodes, the generation of green laser pulses requires a more elaborate setup based on second harmonic generation. The starting point is a gain-switched infrared distributed-feedback laser diode. The optimization of the laser design and the operating conditions allows to generate spectrally narrow picosecond pulses with a peak power above 1 W. Different gain media are compared for further amplification of these pulses, and options for the miniaturization of the master-oscillator power-amplifier system are explored. The resulting intense infrared pulses are then used for second harmonic generation of green picoseconds pulses. Their peak power of above 5 W exceeds all previous green pulse sources with variable repetition rate. In terms of pulse energy and background suppression, the reported green pulses are thus ideally suited for fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy
Download or read book Ultrashort Light Pulses written by S.L. Shapiro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the invention of the laser, a brand-new area of endeavour emerged after the discovery that powerful ultrashort (picosecond) light pulses could be extracted from some lasers. Chemists, physicists, and engineers quickly recognized that such pulses would allow direct temporal studies of extremely rapid phenomena requiring, however, development of revolutionary ultrafast optical and electronic devices. For basic research the development of picosecond pulses was highly important because experimentalists were now able to measure directly the motions of atoms and molecules in liquids and solids: by disrupting a material from equilibrium with an intense picosecond pulse and then recording the time of return to the equilibrium state by picosecond techniques. Studies of picosecond laser pulses-their generation and diagnostic tech niques-are still undergoing a fairly rapid expansion, but a critical review of the state of the art by experienced workers in the field may be a timely help to new experimentalists. We shall review the sophisticated tools developed in the last ten years, including the modelocked picosecond-pulse-emitting lasers, the picosecond detection techniques, and picosecond devices. Moreover, we shall outline the basic foundations for the study of rapid events in chemistry and physics, which have emerged after many interesting experiments and which are now being applied in biology. An in-depth coverage of various aspects of the picosecond field should be helpful to scientists and engineers alike.
Download or read book High Efficiency Picosecond Pulse Generation in the 675 930 NM Region from a Dye Laser Synchronously Pumped by an Argon Ion Laser written by Philippe Bado and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picosecond pulses tunable from 675 to 930 micrometers have been obtained from a dye-laser synchronously pumped at 514.5 micrometers by a mode-locked Argon-ion laser. Peak energy conversion efficiencies between 10% and 29% are observed with pulse durations between 1.7 ps and 16 ps as measured by autocorrelation. (Author).
Download or read book Generating Picosecond Pulses from Q switched Microchip Lasers written by Alexander Craig Butler and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since their first demonstration in the 1960s, picosecond laser pulses have initiated and defined the area of ultrafast laser physics. Their ability to generate a burst of high-intensity, coherent light has opened up areas of science and enabled the observation of events that would otherwise remain out of the realm of human understanding. -- The particular mechanism commonly associated with picosecond pulse generation is mode-locking. These systems are typically complex, bulky and correspondingly expensive. A compact, cheap and robust option that produces comparable pulses would be of great value to the scientific and engineering communities. To this end, we examine the growing area of Q-switched microchip lasers: simple and compact devices that generate sub-nanosecond pulses by virtue of extremely reduced resonator cavity lengths. Incorporation of a passive Q-switch device, a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror or SESAM, enables truly minimal cavity lengths, and therefore minimal pulse durations, to be accessed. -- In this thesis we explore the limits of generating the shortest pulses from such microchip lasers. We develop a comprehensive numerical simulation model, based on the laser rate equations, to effectively model SESAM Q-switched microchip lasers. We incorporate additional phenomena such as two-photon absorption (TPA) in the Q-switch and SESAM etalons to derive a complete picture of the abilities of these micro-lasers. We show that TPA will increasingly affect the performance of these lasers, as shorter pulses are generated, and suspect that our model underestimates its effect on our experimental results. We examine the switching dynamics of the SESAM and describe the role of relaxation oscillations in the switching process, as well as demonstrating controlled partial switching. Scaling dependencies between laser component parameters and laser performance are drawn, providing guidelines for development of these lasers. We examine these relationships in experiment and verify the key relationship between short cavities and short pulses. We demonstrate a laser with record short pulses of 22 ps duration by extending the scaling of these lasers to the shortest demonstrated cavity length of 110 μm. -- To alleviate the low efficiency associated with lasers using thin gain media, we propose, model and develop an energy-scavenging amplification scheme. We demonstrate that a complete, amplified Q-switched microchip laser system has the potential to rival amplified mode-locked systems in generating few-picosecond, microjoule pulses, although practical validation of this will approach require careful laser engineering.
Download or read book Tunable Picosecond Pulse Generation by an N2 Laser Pumped Self Q switched Distributed Feedback Dye Laser written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Generation Amplification and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Optical Pulses Lasers Measuring Techniques written by Frank B. A. Früngel and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High Speed Pulse Technology: Volume II: Optical Pulses - Lasers - Measuring Techniques focuses on the theoretical and engineering problems that result from the capacitor discharge technique. This book is organized into three main topics: light flash production from a capacitive energy storage; signal transmission and ranging systems by capacitor discharges and lasers; and impulse measuring technique. This text specifically discusses the air spark under atmospheric conditions, industrial equipment for laser flashing, and claims for light transmitting system. The application of light impulse signal transmission, impulse measurements by means of spark gaps, and conversion factors of various energy units are also described. This publication is recommended for eager electrical engineering and physics students interested in optical pulses, lasers, and measuring techniques.
Download or read book Method for Single shot Measurement of Picosecond Laser Pulse lengths Without Electronic Time Dispersion written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-source shear pattern recording is proposed as a method for single-shot measurement of the pulse shape from nearly monochromatic sources whose pulse lengths are shorter than their coherence times. The basis of this method relies on the assertion that if two identical electromagnetic pulses are recombined with a time delay greater than the sum of their pulse widths, the recordable spatial pattern has no fringes in it. At an arbitrary delay, translated into an actual spatial recording position, the recorded modulated intensity will sample the corresponding laser intensity at that delay time, but with a modulation due to the coherence function of the electromagnetic pulse. Two arrangements are proposed for recording the pattern. The principles, the design parameters, and the methodologies of these arrangements will be presented. Resolutions of the configurations and their limitations will be given as well.
Download or read book Reliable Generation of Picosecond Optical Pulses and Their Application to the Measurement of Intraband Relaxation Times in Semiconductors written by Hugo Weichel and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Supercontinuum Laser Source written by Robert R. Alfano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonlinear optics is one of the most important fields of science and engineering, covering the generation, transmission, and control of the whole spectrum of laser pulses in solids, liquids, gases, and fibers. In turn, one of the most important ultrafast nonlinear optical processes is the supercontinuum generation - the production of intense ultrafast broadband "white light" pulses. This book is intended to fill the need of both scientists and graduate students for a single source book containing the most necessary and relevant material on supercontinuum technology. It reviews the basic principles, surveys research results, and presents the current thinking of experts in the supercontinuum field.
Download or read book The Generation and Propagation of Sub picosecond High peak power Laser Pilses written by Alan Michael Braun and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Voltage Picosecond Pulse Generation Utilizing Lasers written by R. Heintz and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mod-locked Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is used to generate a train of light pulses of approximately 70 picoseconds duration. The energy in these laser pulses are of the order of 2 milli-joules. The train of pulses are then passed through a switchout so that a single pulse is selected. This single pulse then strikes a chromium doped GaAs semiconductor switch which then conducts. If a high voltage supply is connected to one end of the switch and a load is connected to the other end, then the load will observe an electrical pulse which is half the amplitude of the d.c. voltage and of the order of 100-200 picosecond duration. The width of the electrical pulse is determined by the width of the laser pulse and of the characteristics of the transmission line over which the GaAs is mounted. (Author).
