title: Design and performance of a high-power, synchronized Nd:YAG-dye laser system.
abstract: The design and performance of a Nd:YAG-dye-laser system capable of producing synchronized peak powers approaching 10 GW is described. The output of the amplified dye-laser system is several millijoules with fully tunable pulses as short as 300 fsec and is optically synchronized with the 3-GW output of an amplified Nd:YAG laser system, permitting a new class of high-intensity pump-probe experiments. By using short ( approximately 70-psec) pulses to pump the dye amplifier, the energy of amplified spontaneous emission is reduced to less than 10(-5) of that contained in the main subpicosecond pulse.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Landen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ettlebrick