Controlling bichromatic emission in scattering gain media
Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 9, pp. 1244-1246 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.001244
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Abstract
It is experimentally shown that the competition between the two lasing modes of bichromatic emission in a dye solution with nanoparticle scatterers within the diffuse regime can be externally controlled by varying only the excitation beam diameter and the radiation detector position. It is established that this feature is a consequence of the changes in the reabsorption process strengths between monomer and dimer dye aggregates. The controllable switching of these lasing modes could open the real possibility of implementing previously suggested applications for this effect as optical switches.
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OCIS Codes
(140.2050) Lasers and laser optics : Dye lasers
(140.3380) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.5850) Scattering : Scattering, particles
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: December 2, 2005
Revised Manuscript: February 6, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: February 7, 2006
Virtual Issues
Vol. 1, Iss. 6 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Miguel A. F. de Souza, Alberto Lencina, and Pablo Vaveliuk, "Controlling bichromatic emission in scattering gain media," Opt. Lett. 31, 1244-1246 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-9-1244
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