Optics and Photonics Journal
Volume 3, Issue 8 (December 2013)
ISSN Print: 2160-8881 ISSN Online: 2160-889X
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Nanostructured Metal Aggregate-Assisted Lasing in Rhodamine 6G Solutions ()
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We report on the experimental demonstration of considerable lowering of stimulated luminescence (lasing) threshold in R6G laser dye solution doped with metal agglomerates (Ag, Al, Ni) upon second harmonic of Nd:YAG-laser illumination. Due to strong structural coupling between individual nanoparticles, they may form fractal agglomerates providing an extreme optical pump-field enhancement near their complicated surface. For the first time, we have observed more than twofold increase in lasing efficiency of metal aggregated dye solution as compared to non-agglomerated monomeric metal nanocolloids. No random laser manifestation or surface plasmon-polariton resonances excitations were observed.
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