Effect of pump efficiency on lasing in dye-doped chiral nematic liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5741, Issue , 2005, Pages 135-145

  Gillespie, C ^a   Morris, S M ^a   Coles, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiral nematic; Fluorescent dye; Lasing; Photonic band gap; Pump efficiency; Slope efficiency; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHIRAL NEMATICS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LASING; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PUMP EFFICIENCY; SLOPE EFFICIENCY; THRESHOLD;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 23744453900     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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