Laser action in condensed disordered media of active dye-stained animal tissues and sandy colloidal scattering walls

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 442-447

  Siddique, Masood ^a   Wang, Quan Zhen ^a   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasing; Light amplification; Light scattering; Powders; Stimulated emission; Tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344159062     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.250676     Document Type: Article

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