Perylene and pyrromethene doped xerogels for solid state pulsed laser

Michael Canva (1) , Patrick Georges (2) , Jean-Francois Perelgritz (1) , Alain Brun (2) , Frédéric Chaput (3) , Jean-Pierre Boilot (3)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Macsybio
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
3 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée

Hydrophobic photostable dye molecules such as perylenes or pyrromethenes were trapped in xerogel matrices. Using these new materials as solid-state dye lasers, we have demonstrated efficient laser operation. Slope efficiencies of up to 30% were obtained in the millijoule output-energy range. Tunabilities of up to 60 nm were observed, and more than 150,000 pulses were emitted by the same spot of a given sample when the laser was pumped at millijoule energy levels

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Michael Canva, Patrick Georges, Jean-Francois Perelgritz, Alain Brun, Frédéric Chaput, et al.. Perylene and pyrromethene doped xerogels for solid state pulsed laser. Applied optics, 1995, 34 (3), pp.428-431. ⟨hal-00668515⟩