Comparison of laser performance of dye molecules in sol-gel, polycom, ormosil, and poly(methyl methacrylate) host media

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 36, 1995, Pages 8260-8271

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye lasers; Laser damage; Laser dyes; Ormosil; Perylene; Photostability; Poly 1methyl methacrylate2; Pyrromethene 567; Rhodamine 590; Sol gel glass; Solid state dye lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872280776     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.008260     Document Type: Article

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