title: Q switching by saturable absorption in microdroplets: elastic scattering and laser emission.
abstract: Laser-induced modification of cavity Q's has been achieved in a microdroplet containing a saturable absorber. The elastic-scattering spectra from such droplets for higher incident intensities show that cavity Q's are increased when the absorption is bleached. The lasing spectra from a droplet containing a saturable absorber and laser dye are modified when an intense bleaching field is injected into the droplet cavity after the pump field has initiated the lasing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Popp
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chang