Tunability has added an important dimension to a variety of laser devices and led to new
systems and applications. From laser spectroscopy to Bose-Einstein condensation, the one …

A nanosecond titanium sapphire laser with spectral linewidth Γ_pl~ 6 MHz and pulse energy
of 50-100 mJ was demonstrated by using an intracavity electro-optic modulator to correct the …

Laser cleaning provides art and heritage conservators with an alternative means to restore
objects when traditional chemical and mechanical methods are not viable. However, long (> …

The acronym LIDAR stands for light detection and ranging, an optical analog of RADAR
(radio detection and ranging). The conventional version of LIDAR requires a laser …

Complicated spectrotemporal processes are associated with the generation of signal and
idler output pulses on a nanosecond timescale in an injection-seeded optical parametric …

Isotope energy shifts and hyperfine structure have been measured for 33 high-energy
Rydberg levels of atomic xenon by sub-Doppler two-photon excitation spectroscopy, using …

We present a new technique for high-resolution pulsed spectroscopy that employs optical
heterodyne detection to determine the instantaneous frequency of individual optical pulses …

Mass-selective sub-Doppler two-photon excitation (TPE) spectroscopy is employed to
resolve isotopic contributions for transitions to high-energy Rydberg levels of xenon in an …

A chirp-minimized, nanosecond-pulsed system has been developed to generate tunable
coherent ultraviolet light at∼ 212.5 ánm by fourth-harmonic conversion of output from an …

Generating coherent light via nonlinear optics drives many of our laser-spectroscopic
sensing applications. For instance, narrowband tunable pulsed optical parametric oscillators …