Coherent light generators – Particular active media – Insulating crystal
Patent
1994-03-18
1995-09-05
Scott, Jr., Leon
Coherent light generators
Particular active media
Insulating crystal
372 39, 372 6, H01S 316
Patent
active
054485827
ABSTRACT:
A gain medium is comprised of a multi-phase system wherein: a first phase is an electromagnetic radiation emission phase; a second phase is an electromagnetic radiation scattering phase; and a third phase is a transparent matrix phase. By example, the emission phase may consist of dye molecules, the scattering phase may consist of high contrast particles, and the matrix phase may consist of a solvent such as methanol. In some embodiments of this invention the emission and scattering phases may be the same phase, as when semiconductor particles are employed. A smallest dimension of a body comprised of the gain medium may be less than a scattering length associated with the scattering phase. It is shown that nearly thresholdless laser behavior is observed in strongly scattering optically pumped dye-methanol solutions containing colloidal TiO.sub.2 or Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ruby nanoparticles. The emission from the high gain colloid exhibits a slope change in the linear input-output characteristics above a critical pump pulse energy. The change in slope is accompanied by a spectral line narrowing with a bichromatic spectrum appearing at high pump energies.
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Brown University Research Foundation
Jr. Leon Scott
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