A novel picosecond distributed feedback dye laser arrangement for excimer laser pumping

Measurement of the First-Excited-Singlet-State Lifetime of Chlorobenzenes by a Pump-Probe Method Using a Narrow-Band Tunable Picosecond Laser

“…A distributed-feedback (DFB) dye laser is tunable over the range from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared and is capable of generating a picosecond pulse with a nearly transform limited spectral bandwidth. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Such a laser could be successfully used as a light source for the lifetime measurem ent of dioxins and their known precursors, i.e., chlorinated aromatic compounds. In this study, we describe the construction of a DFB dye laser and its use as an excitation/ionization source for the lifetime measurement of chlorobenzenes based on the pump-probe method.…”