title: Wavelength-tunable passive mode locking of dye lasers by use of the intracavity optical Kerr effect.
abstract: Using the intracavity optical Kerr effect, we achieve self-starting wavelength-tunable passive mode locking in a Rhodamine 590 dye laser. With an external grating pair for group-velocity-dispersion compensation, 1.1-ps pulses of approximately twice the bandwidth of the Fourier-transform limit are obtained. Mode locking is started by a dilute saturable absorber jet, and the wavelength is tuned from 579 to 602 nm with a birefringent filter.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang