Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 15, 2026

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Published on: November 22, 2019

Spectrally narrow pulsed dye laser without beam expander.

M G Littman, H J Metcalf

|March 6, 2010

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Tunable diode-laser-pumped solid state LNA laser for helium spectroscopic experiments.

Applied optics·2010

Same author

Narrowband, high power light from diode lasers.

Applied optics·2010

Same author

Single-mode pulsed tunable dye laser.

Applied optics·2010

Same author

Laser cavity for generation of variable-radius rings of light.

Optics letters·2009

Same author

Novel geometry for single-mode scanning of tunable lasers.

Optics letters·2009

Same author

Single-mode operation of grazing-incidence pulsed dye laser.

Optics letters·2009

Researchers created a simplified, compact pulsed dye laser with four components. This laser achieves 10 kW peak power at 600 nm and operates in a single mode, showcasing efficient laser design.

Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Laser Physics

Background:

Pulsed dye lasers are crucial tunable coherent light sources.
Traditional designs can be complex and difficult to align.
Compact and simplified laser systems are desirable for various applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a simplified, compact, and easily alignable pulsed dye laser.
To achieve high peak power and narrow spectral width in a minimalist laser design.
To demonstrate single-mode operation in the simplified laser configuration.

Main Methods:

Development of a simplified side-pumped pulsed dye laser.
Utilized a minimalist cavity design with only four components: output mirror, dye cell, diffraction grating, and tuning mirror.
Eliminated the beam expander to achieve a compact cavity.

More Related Videos

$Femtosecond Laser Filaments for Use in Sub-Diffraction-Limited Imaging and Remote Sensing$

Femtosecond Laser Filaments for Use in Sub-Diffraction-Limited Imaging and Remote Sensing

Published on: April 25, 2019

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 15, 2026

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Published on: November 22, 2019

$Femtosecond Laser Filaments for Use in Sub-Diffraction-Limited Imaging and Remote Sensing$

Femtosecond Laser Filaments for Use in Sub-Diffraction-Limited Imaging and Remote Sensing

Published on: April 25, 2019

Operated under reduced gain conditions to achieve single-mode operation.

Main Results:

The simplified pulsed dye laser achieved a spectral halfwidth of 1.25 GHz.
The laser demonstrated a peak power of 10 kW at a wavelength of 600 nm.
The minimalist four-component design proved exceptionally easy to align.
Successful single-mode operation was achieved by reducing the laser gain.

Conclusions:

A simplified, compact, and easily alignable pulsed dye laser has been successfully developed.
The minimalist design maintains high performance, including significant peak power and narrow spectral width.
The demonstrated single-mode operation highlights the potential of this simplified laser for various spectroscopic and photonic applications.