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Tunable picosecond pulse generation from the passively mode-locked coumarin 6 dye laser

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Using the saturable absorber 2-(p-Dimethylaminostyryl)-benzothiazolylethyl iodide, coumarin 6 has been passively mode-locked for the first time to give fully modulated trains of pulses of ∼4 ps duration and with peak powers of ∼3 MW tunable over the spectral range 526–547 nm.

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  1. Laser Optics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BZ, London, England

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Sibbett, W., Taylor, J.R. Tunable picosecond pulse generation from the passively mode-locked coumarin 6 dye laser. Appl. Phys. B 29, 191–193 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688666

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