Thermal and optical properties of polymer hosts for solid-state dye lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2504-2509

  Wadsworth, William J ^a   Giffin, Shirin M ^a   Mc Kinnie, Iain T ^a   Sharpe, John C ^a   Woolhouse, Anthony D ^b   Haskell, Timothy G ^b   Smith, Gerald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

POLAR DYES; POLYMER HOSTS;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 0032621902     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002504     Document Type: Article

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