title: Toward millions of laser pulses with pyrromethene- and perylene-doped xerogels.
abstract: Significant improvements have been obtained for solid-state dye lasers with doped xerogels. By using longitudinal pumping with a frequency-doubled Q-switched Nd: YAG laser, we obtained as much as 86% slope efficiency and 5 x 10(5) pulses lifetime. Furthermore, newly prepared deoxygenated samples exhibited even greater lifetimes.
authors.affiliation: Groupe d'Optique Non Linéaire, Institut d'Optique Théorique et Appliquée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, BP 147, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faloss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canva
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Georges
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chaput
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boilot