DYE LASER

AL-HASSAN KENAAN
BMDV-6131
 DYE LASER: INTRODUCTION
• Dye laser is known as a liquid laser.
• Liquid laser are the types of lasers that use a liquid as the active medium.
• Dye/Liquid laser can have different types of solutions for its medium, such as
rhodamine (540-60nm)), fluorescein (530-560nm), and stilbene (410-
480nm), etc..

CW single-frequency ring Dye laser DYE-SF-077. (2009, May

30
 CONSTRUCTION
• Dye lasers can be constructed in two different ways, those ways are
depending on how the dye is pumped through.
• First type of configuration is when the dye is pumped through a capillary
tube from the storage tank. This makes the output of the laser to pass through
the Brewster window to the coupler which has a 50% reflective mirror as
shown in figure 2.

Figure 2: Dae Notes

CONSTRUCTION- CONTINUED

• The second type of configuration constructions that you can find with the dye
laser, is when the dye is pumped through a nozzle at high speed from the
Brewster at an angle jet stream.
• The laser then is reflected through two mirrors to the coupler, and as stated in
the previous slide the coupler is only 50% reflective. Refer to figure 3 for
better visual understanding.

Figure 3: Dae Notes

 HOW IT WORKS
• As stated before Dye lasers use active medium, this means that we use an
organic type of dye that can be dissolved in a solvent like alcohol or water.
• As we know some examples of the dyes that can be used are rhodamine
(540-60nm)), fluorescein (530-560nm), and stilbene (410-480nm), etc..
• Those dyes produce different types of wavelength, we need to use some type
of filter in the tube to get the specific frequency that we are looking for, this
frequency is determined by the type of dye.
ADVANTAGES

Efficiency can be greater than 25%.

The diameter of the beam is less than most lasers.
Can be constructed very easily.
Can be visible form or non-visible form.
Can have different wavelength ranges depending on the type of dye you use.
DISADVANTAGES

Cost effective when it comes to the type of dye you use.

Some frequency require the use of a filter which can make it costly.
Errors can occur when you use the wrong type of dye because the
complexity of the chemical formulas.
APPLICATIONS

• Dye laser are mostly used in medical applications.

• Some of those applications are used in:
 Dermatology and laser treatment of vascular lesions.
Laser cancer diagnostics
Urology
PM ON DYE LASER

• Because dye lasers use medium you have to make sure that the laser tupes
are air gabbed and sealed.
• You have to make sure that the calibration of the laser is accurate.
• You have to make sure that the laser is accurate when it comes to the output
that the laser is providing.
REFERENCES

• CW single-frequency ring Dye laser DYE-SF-077. (2009, May 30). Retrieved March 7, 2021, from
http://www.dmphotonics.com/CW single-frequency ring Dye laser/CW single-frequency ring Dye laser single molecule
microscopy.htm
• Hansch, T. W. (2020, October 30). Applications of Dye Lasers. Retrieved March 7, 2021, from
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-11579-4_5
• Standard Operating Procedure Laboratory Dye Laser. (2004, April 1). Retrieved March 7, 2021, from
http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/sop/SOP-DyeLaser.html
• A. Costela et al., Medical applications of organic dye lasers, in Tunable Laser Applications, F. J. Duarte (Ed.), 3rd Ed.
(CRC, New York, 2016) Chapter 8.
• F. J. Duarte and R. O. James, Organic dye-doped polymer-nanoparticle tunable lasers, in Tunable Laser Applications, F. J.
Duarte (Ed.), 3rd Ed. (CRC, New York, 2016) Chapter 4.