H. R. Aldag, S. M. Dolotov, M. F. Koldunov, Ya. V. Kravchenko, A. A. Manenkov, D. P. Pacheco, E. P. Ponomarenko, A. V. Reznichenko, G. P. Roskova, T. S. Tsekhomskaya, “A microporous glass-polymer composite as a new material for solid-state dye lasers: II. Lasing properties”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2000, Volume 30, Number 12,Pages <nobr>1055

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Lasers

A microporous glass-polymer composite as a new material for solid-state dye lasers: II. Lasing properties

H. R. Aldag^a, S. M. Dolotov^b, M. F. Koldunov^c, Ya. V. Kravchenko^d, A. A. Manenkov^d, D. P. Pacheco^a, E. P. Ponomarenko^b, A. V. Reznichenko^b, G. P. Roskova^e, T. S. Tsekhomskaya^e

^a Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, USA
^b "Alfa-Akonis" Research and Devices Enterprise, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region
^c "Optronika" R & D Enterpris, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region
^d Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^e I. V. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Abstract: The conversion efficiency and service life of the laser elements based on a polymer-filled microporous glass (PFMPG) composite doped with organic dyes are studied. It is shown that both the conversion efficiency and the service life of the laser elements achieve the values obtained for the same dyes in bulk polymer elements. Good lasing characteristics of the elements studied are advantageously combined with the high mechanical strength and high laser damage resistance and excellent thermooptical properties of the PFMPG composite.

PACS: 42.55.Mv, 81.05.Rm, 81.40.Tv

Received: 06.06.2000