Dynamics of stimulated emission and coherent backscattering of light from amplifying random medium

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4643, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-180

  Wong, Kam Sing ^a   Sun, Tao ^a   Wong, George K L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coherent backscattering; Random laser; Random media; Ultrafast emission

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LASERS; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POWDERS; STIMULATED EMISSION; ZINC OXIDE;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; RANDOM LASER; ULTRAFAST EMISSION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0036031073     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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