Determination of the transport mean free path in a solid-state random laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2389-2394

  Bahoura, Messaoud ^a   Noginov, M A ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINTERING; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECKLE;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING (CBS) TECHNIQUES;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0242577826     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002389     Document Type: Article

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