Semiconducting polymers: A new class of solid-state laser materials

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5283, 1996, Pages 1833-1836

  Hide, Fumitomo ^a   Díaz García, María A ^a   Schwartz, Benjamin J ^a,c   Andersson, Mats R ^a,d   Pei, Qibing ^b   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

LUMINESCENT CONJUGATED POLYMERS; POLYFLUORENE; POLYPHENYLENE; POLYPHENYLENEVINYLENE;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; LASER; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID;

EID: 10144224985     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5283.1833     Document Type: Article

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