Burst mode dye laser with high pulse energy at 10 kHz repetition rate

The distortion of laser beams in a burst mode dye laser with 10 kHz repetition rates

“…The experimental setup of the 10 kHz burst mode dye laser, with a methanol solution of rhodamine 6G as the gain medium, is described in [11]. The pump source of the dye laser is described by Li et al [26].…”

“…To describe the thermal effects of the pulses in the burst mode dye laser, it is essential to directly show how the thermal effects from a single pulse change with time. According to previous research, the pulse energy of a dye laser is mainly attributed to the amplification progress [11]. So the thermal effects are also mainly attributed to the amplification progress, which means the thermal effects from the oscillator of the dye laser could be neglected.…”

“…One of the key problems of burst mode dye lasers is how to maintain the beam quality of different pulses [10,11]. The beam quality of the laser pulses in a pulse burst may be affected by the thermal effects from the previous pulses in the burst, when the dye laser is operating with large pulse energies and at high repetition rates.…”