Random laser action in organic-inorganic nanocomposites

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 208-213

  Anglos, Demetrios ^a   Stassinopoulos, Andreas ^a,b   Das, Rabindra N ^c   Zacharakis, Giannis ^a   Psyllaki, Maria ^a,b   Jakubiak, Rachel ^d   Vaia, Richard A ^d   Giannelis, Emmanuel P ^c   Anastasiadis, Spiros H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; ZINC OXIDE;

LIGHT TRAPPING; MULTIPLE ELASTIC SCATTERING; ZINC OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0346007913     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000208     Document Type: Article

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