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Organic dye‐doped polymer optical fiber laser
Author(s) -
Kuriki Ken,
Kobayashi Takeyuki,
Imai Nana,
Tamura Toshihiko,
Koike Yasuhiro,
Okamoto Yoshi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1581(200008/12)11:8/12<612::aid-pat11>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - materials science , lasing threshold , rhodamine 6g , doping , laser , fiber laser , rhodamine b , rhodamine , methacrylate , dye laser , optical fiber , fiber , optoelectronics , polymer , perylene , slope efficiency , optics , composite material , fluorescence , organic chemistry , photocatalysis , wavelength , catalysis , chemistry , copolymer , physics
We report on the lasing action of the graded‐index polymer optical fibers containing dyes, such as Rhodamine B, Rhodamine 6G, Perylene orange and Pyrromethene 567. These dyes have been incorporated into poly(methyl methacrylate‐co‐2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate). These fibers were transversely pumped at 532 nm with a frequency‐doubled Q‐switched Nd–YAG laser. Slope efficiency of 24% and output of 1.2 mJ were obtained with a Rhodamine 6G‐doped fiber. Lifetime of 200,000 pulses at 10 Hz was achieved with a Rhodamine B‐doped fiber. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.