title: Efficient laser action from two cw laser-pumped pyrromethene-BF(2) complexes.
abstract: Two new pyrromethene-BF(2) dyes, P-556 and P-567, are tested for cw laser operation. P-556 demonstrates a significant advance in the 530-620-nm region over commercially currently available dyes, where the best cw dyes in any range have peak efficiencies of the order of 35% and dyes in this range typically have less then 25%. The P-556 has a cw efficiency of 45% at the peak.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Guggenheimer
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thangaraj
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Soong
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Paviopoulos