[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 7, No. 3 (2000) 275-276]
Single-Longitudinal-Mode Pulsed Dye Laser with Coaxial End-Pumping and Self-Seeding
Jianzhao LI,1,2 Masayuki KATSURAGAWA1,2 and Kohzo HAKUTA1,2
1Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, and Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1, Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585 Japan, 2CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012 Japan
(Received January 4, 2000; Accepted February 14, 2000)
We report a single-longitudinal-mode pulsed dye laser scheme in grazing incidence geometry. The points are to incorporate coaxial end-pumping and self-seeding into the conventional grazing incidence geometry termed the Littman scheme (Appl. Opt. 23 (1984) 4465). It is shown that the present scheme can considerably reduce the pump threshold and realize higher output power with better stability than the conventional Littman scheme.
Key words : dye laser, end-pumping, self-seeding, SLM, grazing incidence cavity geometry, Littman cavity