Two-photon pumped lasing from methanol micro-droplets doped by a weakly fluorescent dye

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作者
Anand, M
Dharmadhikari, AK
Dharmadhikari, JA
Mishra, A
Mathur, D
Krishnamurthy, M
机构
[1] Tata Inst Fundamental Res, Bombay 400005, Maharashtra, India
[2] Polytech Univ, Dept Chem & Chem Engn, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
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10.1016/S0009-2614(03)00426-3
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report lasing induced by two-photon absorption (TPA) from micro-droplets of a weakly fluorescent dye (DASPI) doped in methanol. Dye-doped methanol droplets, of uniform diameter of 20 mum, are generated using a piezo-driven capillary. The droplet size is determined by a direct imaging technique as well as from peak separations of lasing (morphology dependent resonances - MDRs) spectra. The threshold for TPA-induced lasing of droplets with 0.01 M concentration of the dye is determined to be about 0.4 GW cm(-2). The lasing spectral emission from the micro-droplets exhibits well-resolved structure that is related to the MDR. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:6
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