New Series of Dyes for Flashlamp-Excited Lasers

A new series of laser compounds which are derivatives of 7H-benzo4, 5]imidazo1, 2-c]chromeno3, 2–e]pyrimidine have been developed and their working characteristics are presented. It is shown that the new compounds fluoresce with a high quantum yield (0.83–0.97) in the green spectral region; their methanol solutions gave effective lasing upon flashlamp excitation with a pulse duration of about 2.0 sec at the level 0.5. In a nonselective cavity they emit laser radiation in the range 540–570 nm. The influence of the molecular structure of the investigated dyes on their fluorescence and laser characteristics is discussed.