A Modification to a Flashlamp-Pumped Dye Laser to Increase Stability of the Spatial Mode

Abstract

It was determined by Fitzpatrick and Piepmeier that the spatial mode structure of the beam from a CMX-4 dye laser (Chromatix, Sunnyvale, CA) could be stabilized by maintaining a precise relationship between dye loop and cooling water loop temperatures. A passive modification to the laser is described that eliminates the active heating and cooling mechanisms that were employed by the initial investigators to accomplish this.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128037

Entities

People

  • Leon J. Decker
  • Mark A. Dewilde

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • California
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Commerce
  • Corporations
  • Dye Lasers
  • Engineering
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Schools
  • Space Sciences
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy