| Title | Efficient, high photostability, high brightness, co-polymer solid state dye lasers |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Giffin, S.M., Wadsworth W.J., McKinnie I.T., Woolhouse A.D., Smith G.J., and Haskell T.G. |
| Journal | Journal of Modern Optics |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pagination | 1941 - 1945 |
| Date Published | 1999 |
| ISSN | 09500340 (ISSN) |
| Keywords | Additives, Copolymers, Dimethylsulphoxide, Dye lasers, Efficiency, Ethanol, Hydroxyethylmethacrylate, Modified methylmethacrylate, Optical frequency conversion, Optical properties, Optical resonators, Photostability, Solid state dye lasers, Solid state lasers |
| Abstract | We report an investigation of the laser beam quality, efficiency and photostability of rhodamine 590 solid state dye lasers with hosts based upon 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate and methylmethacrylate P(HEMA:MMA) copolymers and modified methylmethacrylate (MPMMA) polymers with ethanol and dimethylsulphoxide additives. Highest efficiencies were obtained with MPMMA, with slope efficiencies of up to 44% (corresponding to 61% optical-optical conversion) measured for ethanolic MPMMA. P(HEMA:MMA) hosts gave superior photostability, with the highest normalized photostability of 240 GJ mol-1 obtained for a P(HEMA:MMA) 1:1 rod. A simple resonator has been used to compensate the effects of thermal lensing and pump mode-mismatch, resulting in optimized beam quality for MPMMA lasers. |
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