DYNAMICS OF THE ABSORPTION RECOVERY OF DYES COMMONLY USED AS INTRACAVITY SATURABLE ABSORBERS IN SELF-STARTING PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED TI-SAPPHIRE LASERS

Authors
GANIKHANOV F HSIEH JM PAN CL
Citation
F. Ganikhanov et al., DYNAMICS OF THE ABSORPTION RECOVERY OF DYES COMMONLY USED AS INTRACAVITY SATURABLE ABSORBERS IN SELF-STARTING PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED TI-SAPPHIRE LASERS, Optics communications, 114(3-4), 1995, pp. 289-294
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
114
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
289 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)114:3-4<289:DOTARO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report accurate, direct measurements of the absorption recovery lif etimes (fluorescence lifetimes, tau(f)) Of dyes which are commonly use d as saturable absorbers in self-starting passively mode-locked Ti: sa pphire lasers. The values tau(f) for IR 140, HITCI, and DDI dissolved in ethylene glycol are respectively 165 +/- 5 ps, 200 +/- 7 ps, and 27 +/- 0.5 ps. The femtosecond temporal resolution available in these me asurements also made possible the determination, for the first time to our knowledge, of fast initial relaxation rates of the excited electr onic band of these dyes.