Optical properties and structure of a new, low-loss, hybrid organic-inorganic host material for molecular dopants

Carol A. Capozzi; Angela B. Seddon

doi:10.1117/12.188967

13 October 1994 Optical properties and structure of a new, low-loss, hybrid organic-inorganic host material for molecular dopants

Carol A. Capozzi, Angela B. Seddon

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Proceedings Volume 2288, Sol-Gel Optics III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188967
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A new hybrid organic-inorganic material has been developed which has excellent properties as an optical material and host for molecular dopants. The undoped material has very low optical loss at 1.06, 1.3, and 1.55 micrometers as well as in the visible region. In addition, a 20 mW HeNe laser beam directed through the sample is barely visible. The structure of this material has been studied using ²⁹Si MAS-NMR, high-resolution TEM, and NIR spectroscopy. These results are presented and discussed in terms of the chemical composition, processing conditions and low optical loss of the material. A wide variety of molecular dopants has been successfully incorporated into this host. The linear optical properties of several perylene laser dyes and metal dithiolene (Chi) ³ molecules are presented. Results for lasing experiments, damage threshold, and (Chi) ³ measurements are being reported separately.

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Carol A. Capozzi and Angela B. Seddon "Optical properties and structure of a new, low-loss, hybrid organic-inorganic host material for molecular dopants", Proc. SPIE 2288, Sol-Gel Optics III, (13 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188967

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