You know the old saying, "what goes around comes around"? I was perusing the literature on dye lasers (what else?) and I came across this article. Who would have thought they would still be doing useful research over there?
http://www.academia.edu/8365084/Theo...h6G_in_Acetone
I'm really interested to know what happens when you take it a step further. I'm thinking at least ethanol, but better yet, difloromethane or Fluoroform. Solid state lasers benefit in all kinds of ways from cooling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6T7S3sqH3w
Interestingly the company no longer has their own video description of this system posted.
Of course this reminds me of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ds0wYpc1eM