Optimal tuning of lasing modes through collective particle resonance

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-149

  Ripoll, Jorge ^a   Soukoulis, Costas M ^a,b   Economou, Eleftherios N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAVITY RESONATORS; COHERENT LIGHT; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER MODES; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PUMPING (LASER); RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COLLECTIVE PARTICLE RESONANCE; LASING MODES; PHOTONIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY; RANDOM LASERS; TRACE ABSORPTION DETECTION;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 0346007914     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000141     Document Type: Article

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