Medium performance effect on the high output energy from a xenon lamp-pumped pyrromethene-567 solid-state dye laser.

In order to obtain a high output energy from a xenon lamp-pumped solid-state dye laser, homogeneities of laser mediums and flatnesses of medium faces with different processing treatments are discussed in the paper. The mediums without aging treatment, which are prepared by using a prepolymer process and have diamond-machined end faces to produce the required optical finish, give a highest laser output of 281.9 mJ with 0.215% slope efficiency at 2.0×10-4 mol/L. The best medium lifetime is 21 shots to 50% of original output equating 74.6 kJ/liter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]