title: Femtosecond synchronously pumped Pyridine dye lasers.
abstract: Optical pulses as short as 103 fsec at 695 nm and 263 fsec at 733 nm have been generated in synchronously pumped hybrid Pyridine 1 and Pyridine 2 cw dye lasers, respectively, both using the saturable absorber 1,1'-diethyl-2,2'-dicarbocyanine iodide (DDI). These results combine with other data from the same linear cavity to give direct femtosecond generation over the spectral range 560-840 nm.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Boggess
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Smirl