Ann. Phys. Fr., Vol. 32, N°2-3 2007, pp. 55-58
DOI: 10.1051/anphys:2008006

Self-doubled laser emission in an organic system

A. Barsella¹, F. May¹, J.-P. Vola¹, A. Fort¹, S. Sanaur^{2, 3}, A.-J. Attias^{2, 4}, M. Lefebvre² and E. Rosencher<sup>2

1</sup>  Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR CNRS-ULP 7504, 23 rue du Loess, B.P. 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
²  Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales, DMPH, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau Cedex, France
³  École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, CMP-PS2, avenue des Anémones, 13541 Gardanne Cedex, France
⁴  Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex, France

Published online: 23 May 2008

Abstract
We report a theoretical and experimental study of the self-doubling properties of a solution composed of a laser dye and a nonlinear optical chromophore. The basic idea is to create a system which is able to generate a second-harmonic component from the stimulated emission of the dye. A self-doubled laser source has been built using a solution containg commercial compounds, Disperse Red 1 (chromophore) and LDS821 (dye).

Correspondence: alberto.barsella@ipcms.u-strasbg.fr


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