Liquid ion laser

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-006679",
  "term": "Liquid ion laser",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A liquid laser whose active medium is rare-earth ions, such as neodymium, dissolved in a liquid and optically pumped by a flashlamp or another laser. The solvent is an aprotic inorganic liquid such as selenium oxychloride, because O-H and C-H bonds quench the excited ions. Dye lasers, whose active species are organic dye molecules in solution, form a separate class.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "laser",
    "liquid laser"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1913. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units, and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XV. Laser-based molecular spectroscopy for chemical analysis - laser fundamentals (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1921 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567111913)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/liquid-ion-laser/"
}