Resonators and materials for organic lasers based on energy transfer

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Dodabalapur, A ^a,b   Berggren, M ^b   Slusher, R E ^b   Bao, Z ^b   Timko, A ^b   Schiortino, P ^b   Laskowski, E ^b   Katz, H E ^b   Nalamasu, O ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

F rster lasers; Organic lasers; Photonic bandgap lasers; Whispering gallery mode lasers

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY GAP; FABRICATION; FILMS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT EMISSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS;

FORSTER LASER; ORGANIC LASERS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP LASERS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE LASERS;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 0031705196     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.669469     Document Type: Article

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