Spatial confinement of laser light in active random media

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5584-5587

  Cao, H ^a   Xu, J Y ^a   Zhang, D Z ^a   Chang, S H ^b   Ho, S T ^b   Seelig, E W ^b   Liu, X ^b   Chang, R P H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; OSCILLATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

ACTIVE RANDOM MEDIA; DISORDER INDUCED INTERFERENCE; DISORDER INDUCED SCATTERING; LASER LIGHT; OPTICAL GAIN; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT;

RADIATION;

EID: 0033703938     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5584     Document Type: Article

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