Toward millions of laser pulses with pyrromethene- and perylene-doped xerogels.
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Significant improvements have been obtained for solid-state dye lasers with doped xerogels. By using longitudinal pumping with a frequency-doubled Q-switched Nd: YAG laser, we obtained as much as 86% slope efficiency and 5 x 10(5) pulses lifetime. Furthermore, newly prepared deoxygenated samples exhibited even greater lifetimes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 36 27 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997