Laser threshold and efficiency measurements of solid-state dye lasers operating in the near-infrared under microsecond pumping

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4630, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-33

  Russell, Jeffrey A ^a   Pacheco, Dennis P ^a   Russell, William H ^a   Aldag, Henry R ^a   Manenkov, Alexander A ^b  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

MPMMA; Ormosil; Oxazine 725; Polymer filled nanoporous glass; Rhodamine 700; Rhodamine 800; Solid state dye laser

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; GLASS; INFRARED RADIATION; POLYMERS; PUMPING (LASER); RESONATORS;

MICROSECOND PUMPING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0036405239     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459010     Document Type: Article

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