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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard Mourou, Rochester, NY (US);
Theodore Sizer, II, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 53 ; 372-5 ; 372 20 ;
Abstract
Subpicosecond pulses less than 70 femtoseconds in duration are obtained with a synchronously pumped dye laser using a mixture of laser dye and a fast recovery saturable absorber which passes in a jet between folding mirrors in a laser cavity. The ratio of absorber to dye in the mixture is selected to compensate for dispersion effects in the laser medium which tend to limit the spectrum of the laser pulses and increase their duration.