Abstract

Typical commercial pulsed dye laser systems used in the generation of narrowband, tunable ultraviolet radiation for planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging are optimized for either high ($\sim 5–10\mathrm{kHz}$) repetition rates at comparatively low ultraviolet pulse energies (hundreds of microjoules) or high-output pulse energies ($>10\mathrm{mJ}$) at comparatively low repetition rates ($\sim 10\mathrm{Hz}$). In this work we use a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG burst-mode laser to pump a custom dye laser system for high pulse energies and repetition rates of 7.5, 10, and 20 kHz at 566 nm. The frequency-doubled output of over 2.2 mJ/pulse at 283 nm, which can be used for PLIF imaging of combustion radicals, is an order of magnitude higher per pulse energy as compared with continuously pulsed dye laser systems and is $\sim 3\times$ higher in overall efficiency than a burst-mode optical parametric oscillator at similar wavelengths. The influence of repetition rate, pump energy, and dye concentration on the output conversion efficiency and pulse-to-pulse stability of the current system is discussed.

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