Development of temporal spectroscopic properties for Xerogel matrices doped with Rhodamine 6G dye

• Authors: Abbas Al-Wattar , Baha Chiad , Wesam Twej , Sarmed Al-Awadi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The solid host of a laser dye modifies its spectroscopic properties with respect to its liquid host. During the Sol-Gel process the dye molecules suffer from changing their environment. Two parameters affect this matter, the change in the concentration due to the evaporation of the solvent (drying) and the caging of dye molecules inside the pores or attachment to the silica network. Rhodamine 6G absorption and fluorescence spectra with different concentrations, during Sol-Gel time processing, have been studied. Both, absorption and fluorescence spectra of the dye in the solid host, for different concentrations, show a blue-shift relative to its liquid phase.

Keywords

EN

Xerogel; solid state dye laser; Rhodamine 6G; dye molecules; Sol-Gel; 39.30. +w

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 341-348

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2006

online

1 - 9 - 2006

Contributors

author

Abbas Al-Wattar

• Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq

author

Baha Chiad

• Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq

author

Wesam Twej

• Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq

author

Sarmed Al-Awadi

• Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-006-0017-y