Fluorescence and Lasing Properties of Meso-substituted Benzo-fused Pyrromethene Dyes in Solid Host Media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4968, Issue , 2003, Pages 24-34

  Jones II, Guilford ^a   Huang, Zhennian ^a   Pacheco, Dennis ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

PMMA; Polymer host; Pyrromethene dyes; Solid state dye laser

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMERIZATION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

POLYMER HOSTS;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 0141717111     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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