Solid-state dye lasers
Solid-state dye lasers (SSDL) were introduced in 1967 by Soffer and McFarland.[1] In these solid-state lasers, the gain medium is a laser dye-doped organic matrix such as poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), rather than a liquid solution of the dye. An example is rhodamine 6G-doped PMMA. These lasers are also referred to as solid-state organic lasers and solid-state dye-doped polymer lasers.
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Organic gain media
In the 1990s, new forms of improved PMMA, such as modified PMMA, with high optical quality characteristics were introduced.[3] Gain media research for SSDL has been rather active in the 21st century, and various new dye-doped solid-state organic matrices have been discovered. Notable among these new gain media are organic-inorganic dye-doped polymer-nanoparticle composites.[4][5][6] An additional form of organic-inorganic dye-doped solid-state laser gain media are the ORMOSILs.[6][7]
High performance solid-state dye laser oscillators
This improved gain medium was central to the demonstration of the first tunable narrow-linewidth solid-state dye laser oscillators, by Duarte,[7] which were later optimized to deliver pulse emission in the kW regime in nearly diffraction limited beams with single-longitudinal-mode laser linewidths of 
≈ 350 MHz (or 
≈ 0.0004 nm, at a laser wavelength of 590 nm).[8] These tunable laser oscillators use multiple-prism grating architectures[8] yielding very high intracavity dispersions that can be nicely quantified using the multiple-prism grating equations.[9]
Distributed feedback and waveguide solid-state dye lasers
Additional developments in solid-state dye lasers were demonstrated with the introduction of distributed feedback laser designs in 1999[10][11] and distributed feedback waveguides in 2002.[12]
See also
- Dye lasers
- Laser dyes
- Laser linewidth
- Organic laser
- Organic photonics
- Polymer
- Tunable lasers
- Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator
References
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