Bichromatic random laser from a powder of rhodamine-doped sub-micrometer silica particles
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências de Materiais, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901 (Brazil)
- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, V8P 5C2 Victoria (Canada)
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901 (Brazil)
We studied the random laser (RL) bichromatic emission (BCE) from a powder consisting of silica particles infiltrated with Rhodamine 640 (Rh640) molecules. The BCE is attributed to Rh640 monomers and dimers. Because of the efficient monomer-dimer energy transfer, we observed RL wavelength switching from ≈ 620 nm to ≈650 nm and the control of the emitted wavelength was made by changing only the excitation laser intensity. None of external parameters such as excitation laser spot size or radiation detector position was changed as in previous experiments. Two laser thresholds associated either to monomers or dimers were clearly observed. Moreover, an effect analog to frequency-pulling among two coupled oscillators was identified measuring the RL spectra as a function of the excitation laser intensity. A wavelength shift, Δλ, was measured between the monomer and dimer resonance wavelengths, changing only the excitation laser intensity. The maximum value of Δλ ≈ 16 cm{sup −1} was obtained for laser pulses of 7 ns with 30 μJ.
- OSTI ID:
- 22275624
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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