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

Technical Report · Sat Feb 29 23:00:00 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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
AMINES
ANTICOAGULANTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
COUMARINS
DRUGS
DYES
HEMATOLOGIC AGENTS
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LASER MATERIALS
LASERS
MATERIALS
MATRIX MATERIALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REAGENTS
RHODAMINES
SILICATES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SOL-GEL PROCESS
SOLID STATE LASERS
STABILITY
SYNTHESIS