Abstract

A simple technique has been developed that increases the power output of a conventional flashlamp pumped dye laser by typically one order of magnitude and, for some dyes, much more. This is achieved by igniting a low-energy prepulse discharge through the flashlamp just prior to firing the main flashlamp discharge.

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Vortex Stabilized Flashlamps for Dye Laser Pumping

M. E. Mack
Appl. Opt. 13(1) 46-55 (1974)

Early Termination of Flashlamp Pumped Dye Laser Pulses by Shock Wave Formation

S. Blit, A. Fisher, and U. Ganiel
Appl. Opt. 13(2) 335-340 (1974)

Lasing Characteristics of Seventeen Visible-Wavelength Dyes Using a Coaxial-Flashlamp-Pumped Laser

J. B. Marling, J. G. Hawley, E. M. Liston, and W. B. Grant
Appl. Opt. 13(10) 2317-2320 (1974)

Picosecond transverse-flow flashlamp-pumped dye laser

Steven D. Woodruff, Stanley G. Prybyla, and Walter S. Struve
Appl. Opt. 19(1) 118-123 (1980)

Coaxial Marx-Bank Driver and Flashlamp for Optical Excitation of Organic Dye Lasers

Theodore F. Ewanizky and Roland H. Wright
Appl. Opt. 12(1) 120-122 (1973)