EFFICIENT LASER ACTION FROM 2 CW LASER-PUMPED PYRROMETHENE-BF(2) COMPLEXES

Authors
GUGGENHEIMER SC BOYER JH THANGARAJ K SHAH M SOONG ML PAVLOPOULOS TG
Citation
Sc. Guggenheimer et al., EFFICIENT LASER ACTION FROM 2 CW LASER-PUMPED PYRROMETHENE-BF(2) COMPLEXES, Applied optics, 32(21), 1993, pp. 3942-3943
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
32
Issue
21
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3942 - 3943
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1993)32:21<3942:ELAF2C>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Two new pyrromethene-BF2 dyes, P-556 and P-567, are tested for cw lase r operation. P-556 demonstrates a significant advance in the 530-620-n m region over commercially currently available dyes, where the best cw dyes in any range have peak efficiencies of the order of 35% and dyes in this range typically have less then 25%. The P-556 has a cw effici ency of 45% at the peak.