title: Picosecond and femtosecond pulse generation near 1000 nm from a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG-pumped cw dye laser.
abstract: We report efficient synchronous mode locking of a 532-nm pumped cw dye laser tunable from 840 to 1030 nm, using a styryl compound as the gain medium. Hybrid synchronously pumped, passive mode locking of the laser using the saturable absorber DaQTeC generated 230-fsec pulses near 975 nm.
authors.affiliation: Center for Applied Quantum Electronics, Department of Physics, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.
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