Solid-state tunable lasers based on dye-doped sol-gel materials

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7206740

Dunn, B; Mackenzie, J D; Zink, J I; Stafsudd, O M

The sol-gel process is a solution synthesis technique which provides a low temperature chemical route for the preparation of rigid transparent matrix materials. The luminescent organic dye molecules, rhodamine 6G and coumarin 540A have been incorporated, via the sol-gel method, into aluminosilicate and organically modified silicate host matrices. Synthesis, laser oscillation and photostability for these systems are reported. The improved photostability of these materials with respect to comparable polymeric host materials is discussed.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
• OSTI ID: 7206740
• Report Number(s): AD-P-006422/0/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: This articles is from 'Sol-Gel Optics: Proceedings SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering Held in San Diego, California on 11-13 July 1990. Volume 1328, AD-A249 986, p174 -182
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LASER MATERIALS
SOL-GEL PROCESS
SOLID STATE LASERS
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DYES
MATRIX MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RHODAMINES
SILICATES
STABILITY
SYNTHESIS
AMINES
ANTICOAGULANTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DRUGS
HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
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MATERIALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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SILICON COMPOUNDS
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