Laser generation with modified poly(methyl methacrylate) (MPMMA)-doped matrices with several different types of Rhodamine-based dyes was obtained. Pumping with a frequency-doubled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used. During the experiments, high conversion efficiency was achieved. The strong nonlinear dependence of the operating lifetime and the conversion efficiency of material tested on the pump-pulse-repetition rate was observed. Possible mechanisms responsible for the conversionefficiency drop and the useful lifetime of the material are discussed.
A frequency comparison was carried out between iodine-stabilized Nd:YAG lasers at 532 nm from the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation, the Czech Metrology Institute, and the Bureau National de Métrologie-Institut National de Métrologie. The frequency differences between lasers, as well as the frequency reproducibility of each system,were investigated. Pressure-, modulation-, and power-induced shifts were studied. A frequency dispersion (1 sigma) of 3.5 kHz (6.2 x 10(-12) in relative terms) with an average reproducibility for each laser of the order of 0.4 kHz (7.1 x 10(-13) in relative terms) was observed over the duration of the comparison. Relative stabilities better than 1 x 10(13) at 1 s were demonstrated for the third-harmonic systems.
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