Solid-state cavity lasing from poly(p-phenylene vinylene)-silica nanocomposite bulk

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 510-513

  Kumar, Deepak N ^a   Bhawalkar, Jayant D ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0004535092     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000510     Document Type: Article

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