Experimental studies on output, spatial, and spectral characteristics of a microdroplet dye laser containing intralipid as a highly scattering medium

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1864-1873

  Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^b   Tanosaki, Shinji ^b   Tsujita, Kazuhiro ^c   Inaba, Humio ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Biophotonics Info Laboratories   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMULSIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

INTRALIPIDS; MICRODROPLET DYE LASERS; MICROSPHERICAL CAVITY;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 0030291681     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.541672     Document Type: Article

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