Understanding bichromatic emission for scattering gain media

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作者
Balachandran, RM [1 ]
Lawandy, NM [1 ]
机构
[1] BROWN UNIV,DIV ENGN,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
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10.1364/OL.21.001603
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Intense optical pumping of solutions of high-gain laser dyes and TiO2 nanoscatterers in methanol is found to result in narrow-linewidth bichromatic emission. Experimental studies of the long-wavelength emission peak show that weak pumping of the scattering gain medium by the primary lasing emission results in a random system that lases at longer wavelengths. Measurements with other dyes show that the bichromatic emission effect is very general. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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