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Laser Performance of Some Oxazole Laser Dyes in Restricted Matrices

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This article reports the optical properties such as absorption profile, molar absorptivity, fluorescence profile and photo-physical parameters such as dipole moment, oscillator strength, fluorescence quantum yields, fluorescence lifetimes, laser performance and finally photostability of 2,5-Bis(5-tert-butyl-benzoxazol-2-yl)thiophene (BBOT),1,4-Bis(5-phenyl-2-oxazolyl)benzene (POPOB), 5-diphenyel-oxazole (PPO) laser dyes in different restricted hosts. (BBOT), (POPOB) and (PPO) are embedded in transparent silica-based nanoporous sol-gel glass and copolymer matrix of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA). The absorption and fluorescence properties of these laser dyes in sol-gel glass matrices are compared with their respective properties in copolymer host. In case of sol-gel matrix, all dyes had higher quantum yields as well as lasing wavelength maxima. The laser performances as well as the photostability of these laser dyes in sol-gel glass displayed senior behavior compared with (MMA/ HEMA) copolymer samples upon using nitrogen laser (337.1 nm) as pumping energy.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Mahmoud A. S. Sakr & El-Zeiny M. Ebeid

  2. Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6th of October City, Egypt

    Mahmoud A. S. Sakr, Sayed A. Abdel Gawad & El-Zeiny M. Ebeid

  3. Laser science and interactions department, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science (NILES), Cairo University, P.O. Box 12613, Giza, Egypt

    Maram T. H. Abou Kana

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Sakr, M.A.S., Abdel Gawad, S.A., Abou Kana, M.T.H. et al. Laser Performance of Some Oxazole Laser Dyes in Restricted Matrices. J Fluoresc 27, 1267–1275 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2058-6

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