Efficient tunable solid state laser around 630 nm using sulforhodamine 640 doped silica-gel

François Salin (1) , Gilles Le Saux (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Alain Brun (1) , C. Bagnall (2) , J. Zarzycki (2)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
2 Laboratoire de Sciences des Matériaux Vitreux

Lasing is observed near 630 nm in a sulforhodamine 640-doped silica gel pumped by frequency-doubled radiation from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. A conversion efficiency of 20% is obtained. The laser wavelength is tunable over 40 nm

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

François Salin, Gilles Le Saux, Patrick Georges, Alain Brun, C. Bagnall, et al.. Efficient tunable solid state laser around 630 nm using sulforhodamine 640 doped silica-gel. Optics Letters, 1989, 14 (15), pp.785. ⟨hal-00701664⟩