Advantages of Highly Ordered Polymer-Dyes for Lasing in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 631-636

  Shin, Ki Chul ^a   Araoka, Fumito ^a   Park, Byoungchoo ^a   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a   Zhu, Zhengguo ^b   Swager, Timothy M ^b   Takezoe, Hideo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral nematic liquid crystal; Density of mode; DFB laser; Dye laser; Optical eigen mode; Order parameter; Photonic effect

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYE LASERS; LASER BEAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SPECTROMETERS;

CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DENSITY OF MODE; OPTICAL EIGEN MODE; ORDER PARAMETERS; PHOTONIC EFFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 2142695844     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.631     Document Type: Article

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