Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films

Superradiant-mode laser emissions were obtained from disodium fluorescein (DF)-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films which had been dip-coated on a microscope glass slide. When the film was transversely pumped using a nitrogen laser, superradiant emission was trapped and propagated in the supporting...

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Main Authors: Yap, Seong-Shan, Tou, Teck-Yong, Ng, Seik-Weng
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Published: The Japan Society of Applied Physics 2000
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author Yap, Seong-Shan
Tou, Teck-Yong
Ng, Seik-Weng
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Ng, Seik-Weng
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description Superradiant-mode laser emissions were obtained from disodium fluorescein (DF)-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films which had been dip-coated on a microscope glass slide. When the film was transversely pumped using a nitrogen laser, superradiant emission was trapped and propagated in the supporting glass slide which acted as a waveguide. The trapped light underwent multiple internal reflections before it exited at both ends of the slide, producing a lasing effect. The laser beam profile varied with the edge condition of the glass slide; a circular beam was obtained with a frosted edge. An output conversion efficiency of 22% was obtained for a fresh sample while its lasing output energy at a localized excitation position, or operating lifetime, decreased at a rate of 0.015% per shot of nitrogen laser. Despite the decrease in output energy, the laser peak wavelength of DF was largely unchanged.
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spelling mmu-27082013-11-11T04:36:14Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2708/ Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films Yap, Seong-Shan Tou, Teck-Yong Ng, Seik-Weng QC Physics Superradiant-mode laser emissions were obtained from disodium fluorescein (DF)-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films which had been dip-coated on a microscope glass slide. When the film was transversely pumped using a nitrogen laser, superradiant emission was trapped and propagated in the supporting glass slide which acted as a waveguide. The trapped light underwent multiple internal reflections before it exited at both ends of the slide, producing a lasing effect. The laser beam profile varied with the edge condition of the glass slide; a circular beam was obtained with a frosted edge. An output conversion efficiency of 22% was obtained for a fresh sample while its lasing output energy at a localized excitation position, or operating lifetime, decreased at a rate of 0.015% per shot of nitrogen laser. Despite the decrease in output energy, the laser peak wavelength of DF was largely unchanged. The Japan Society of Applied Physics 2000-10 Article NonPeerReviewed Yap, Seong-Shan and Tou, Teck-Yong and Ng, Seik-Weng (2000) Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 39 (Part 1, No. 10). pp. 5855-5858. ISSN 0021-4922 http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/39/5855/ doi:10.1143/JJAP.39.5855 doi:10.1143/JJAP.39.5855
spellingShingle QC Physics
Yap, Seong-Shan
Tou, Teck-Yong
Ng, Seik-Weng
Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films
title Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films
title_full Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films
title_fullStr Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films
title_full_unstemmed Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films
title_short Laser Emissions from Disodium Fluorescein-Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films
title_sort laser emissions from disodium fluorescein-doped poly(vinyl alcohol) films
topic QC Physics
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