Lasing in a three-dimensional photonic crystal of the liquid crystal blue phase II

Nature Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-113

  Cao, Wenyi ^a   Muñoz, Antonio ^b   Palffy Muhoray, Peter ^a   Taheri, Bahman ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; GROUND STATE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; LASERS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0038814004     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat727     Document Type: Article

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