Supported by the Ministry of Education of China under Grant Nos 105048 and 704012, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10604033 and 10334010, the Cultivation Fund of the Key Scientific and Technical Innovation Project, the Key International S&T Cooperation Project (2005DFA10170), the Programme for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT), the National Basic Research Programme of China under Grant No 2007CB307002), the 111 Project the Ministry of Education of China under Grant No B07013, and the Scientific-Technical Cooperation Project of (DAD (VII-B-7).
Light amplification due to two-beam coupling is realized in doped polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) glasses. A coupling gain as large as 14 cm^-1 is obtained. The dynamic behaviour of absorption and light-induced scatt...