First Advisor

Lee W. Casperson

Date of Publication

1989

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department

Electrical Engineering

Language

English

Subjects

Ultrashort Laser pulses, Dye lasers, Mode-locked lasers

DOI

10.15760/etd.1391

Physical Description

1 online resource (2, ix, 164 pages)

Abstract

The concern of this dissertation is the understanding and improvement of a class of lasers that is responsible for some of the shortest optical pulses available today. In particular, we seek ways to produce from synchronously pumped mode-locked dye laser systems, shorter pulses of higher intensity with improved pulse-to-pulse consistency. Specific topics.that are discussed herein include the study of the role of the pump pulse in synchronously pumped mode-locked lasers, the study of the pulse shaping and shortening due to an intracavity saturable absorber, and the study of a fundamental pulse train instability associated with these lasers.

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