Coherent, directional, laserlike emission from random gain media

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 4300-4305

  Shukri, Mohamed ^a   Armstrong, Robert L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS;

GAIN MEDIA;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0010608079     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.004300     Document Type: Article

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