Directional laserlike emission from a dye-doped polymer containing rutile nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 564-567

  Alencar, Márcio A R C ^a   Gomes, Anderson S L ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE-DOPED POLYMERS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0037498564     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000564     Document Type: Article

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