LASER ACTION FROM A RHODAMINE 640-DOPED COPOLYMER OF 2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE AND METHYL-METHACRYLATE

Authors
AMATGUERRI F COSTELA A FIGUERA JM FLORIDO F GARCIAMORENO I
Citation
F. Amatguerri et al., LASER ACTION FROM A RHODAMINE 640-DOPED COPOLYMER OF 2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE AND METHYL-METHACRYLATE, Optics communications, 114(5-6), 1995, pp. 442-446
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
114
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
442 - 446
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)114:5-6<442:LAFAR6>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Rhodamine 640 has been dissolved in a copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl meth acrylate (HEMA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) 1:1 v/v and the resultin g solid-state solution has been pumped with pulses of 1.7 mJ at 337 nm from a nitrogen laser. Laser action at 654 nm with energy conversion efficiency of approximate to 4% and lifetime of about 700 pulses at re petition rates up to 15 Hz has been demonstrated.