Dye Vapor Lasers

Fluidic fibre dye lasers.

We report the demonstration of compact fluidic fibre lasers based on capillary tubes and photonic crystal fibres, featuring single channel and multiple laterally integrated fluidic lasers respectively. Their preparation was based on capillary action and lasing occurred without the need for external mirrors or lithographically defined microstructures. The fibre lasers were found to be tunable by...

Optofluidic Dye Lasers

Optofluidic dye lasers refer to a class of liquid dye lasers, usually on a microfabricated device, in which the adaptive nature of the liquid gain medium allows the dynamical control of the laser properties. Miniaturizing liquid dye lasers onto a microfluidic device not only results in compact, easy-to-maintain and safe dye laser systems, but also provides unprecedented optical performances suc...

3 Tunable Dye Lasers

High-repetition-rate polymeric solid-state dye lasers pumped by a copper-vapor laser

We report on the laser action of pyrromethene 567 incorporated into polymeric matrices and pumped longitudinally with the green line of a copper-vapor laser. When the dye was dissolved in a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and pentaerythritol triacrylate, 290 mW average power at 1 kHz ~37% lasing efficiency! was obtained. The laser output decreased to 150 mW after 30 min irradiation time (1.831...

Chapter 5 CW DYE LASERS