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The laser-pumped dye laser comes close to being an ideal laser. It is efficient (better than 40% of the optical pump power can be obtained from the dye laser), tunable over a broad range, can be operated in a single mode without undue difficulty, and it can be quite accurately described in terms of a simple model. In this paper we review the operating characteristics of current continuous dye lasers, and we discuss techniques for tuning and controlling the bandwidths of these lasers.
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H. Kogelnik, E.P. Ippen, A. Dienes and C.V. Shank, I. E.E.E. J. Quant. Electronics 8, 373 (1972).
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Hercher, M., Snavely, B. (1973). Dye Lasers: Recent Advances in Tunable Systems. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2034-0_45
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