title: Frequency tuning of a distributed feedback dye laser with two transmission gratings.
abstract: Distributed feedback dye lasers, which use a holographic grating, present a very simple and reliable way to generate ultrashort pulses. We have developed a new technique for wavelength tuning of this type of laser by projecting the image of a second grating into the dye cell. Single-line operating and tuning was demonstrated with transform-limited output pulses on a picosecond time scale.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hatten
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldhar