Singlet oxygen and dye-triplet-state quenching in solid-state dye lasers consisting of Pyrromethene 567–doped poly(methyl methacrylate)

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 6337-6342

  Ahmad, Mohammad ^a   Rahn, Mark D ^a   King, Terence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008767941     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006337     Document Type: Article

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