Continuous-wave solid-state dye laser

We report the first realization of a cw solid-state dye laser. The laser medium consists of a laser dye (Rhodamine 6G) dissolved in a photopolymer. The UV-cured solution is sandwiched between two DVD substrates. The resonator design was derived from a conventional liquid solvent dye laser geometry....

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Published in:Optics letters 2006-06, Vol.31 (11), p.1669-1671
Main Authors: BORNEMANN, R, LEMMER, U, THIEL, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
Dye lasers
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Laser materials
Laser optical systems: design and operation
Lasers
Modulation, tuning, and mode locking
Optical materials
Optics
Physics
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Summary:We report the first realization of a cw solid-state dye laser. The laser medium consists of a laser dye (Rhodamine 6G) dissolved in a photopolymer. The UV-cured solution is sandwiched between two DVD substrates. The resonator design was derived from a conventional liquid solvent dye laser geometry. The laser radiation can be tuned from 565 to 615 nm by using a birefringent filter. A pump power of 2 W leads to a cw output power of more than 20 mW.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.31.001669