Dramatic shape sensitivity of directional emission patterns from similarly deformed cylindrical polymer lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 923-934

  Schwefel, Harald G L ^a   Rex, Nathan B ^a   Tureci, Hakan E ^a   Chang, Richard K ^a   Stone, A Douglas ^a   Ben Messaoud, Tahar ^b   Zyss, Joseph ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ASYMMETRIC RESONANT CAVITIES MICROLASERS; CHAOTIC RAY DYNAMICS; FAR FIELD EMISSION PATTERNS; POLYMER MICROCAVITY LASERS;

LASERS;

EID: 10044261026     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000923     Document Type: Article

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