title: Compact 2.5-W 10-kHz Nd:YLF-pumped dye laser.
abstract: A 10-kHz pulse repetition frequency dye laser, end pumped by a Nd:YLF laser, is reported. This laser was tunable from 590 to 655 nm, and up to 2.55 W of output power was obtained at the 609-nm peak tuning wavelength. By inserting an etalon into the dye laser cavity and frequency doubling using a beta-barium borate crystal, we obtained up to 125 mW of 308-nm single-etalon-mode output, which shows potential for the performance of airborne measurements of tropospheric hydroxyl radical concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Atomic and Laser Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom. ajsm2@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew J S
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McGonigle
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Coutts
authors.forename: Geoff P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Kristie S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moorhouse
authors.forename: Colin E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Webb