SOLID-STATE DYE-LASER WITH MODIFIED POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE)-DOPED ACTIVE ELEMENTS

Authors
MASLYUKOV A SOKOLOV S KAIVOLA M NYHOLM K POPOV S
Citation
A. Maslyukov et al., SOLID-STATE DYE-LASER WITH MODIFIED POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE)-DOPED ACTIVE ELEMENTS, Applied optics, 34(9), 1995, pp. 1516-1518
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1516 - 1518
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:9<1516:SDWMPM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Laser generation with modified poly(methyl methacrylate) (MPMMA)-doped matrices with several different types of Rhodamine-based dyes was obt ained. Pumping with a frequency-doubled and-switched Nd:YAG laser was used. During the experiments, high conversion efficiency was achieved. The strong nonlinear dependence of the operating lifetime and the con version efficiency of material tested on the pump-pulse-repetition rat e was observed. Possible mechanisms responsible for the conversion-eff iciency drop and the useful lifetime of the material are discussed.