Light amplification and laser emission in conjugated polymers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1149-1156

  Schülzgen, Axel ^a,d,e   Spiegelberg, Christine ^a,f,g   Morrell, Michael M ^a,h   Mendes, Sergio B ^a   Allemand, Pierre Marc ^b,i,j   Kawabe, Yutaka ^a   Kuwata Gonokami, Makoto ^c   Honkanen, Seppo ^a   Fallahi, Mahmoud ^a   Kippelen, Bernard ^a   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Donelly Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f University of Arizona ^*

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Donnelly Corporation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Laser emission; Optical gain; Resonator configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043183437     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601949     Document Type: Article

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