Band edge and defect modes lasing due to confinement of helixed liquid crystals in cylindrical microcavities

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Barna, V ^a   Ferjani, S ^a   De Luca, A ^a   Caputo, R ^a   Scaramuzza, N ^a   Versace, C ^a   Strangi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTONS; RESONANCE;

BAND EDGE; CYLINDRICAL MICROCAVITIES; DEFECT MODES; MIRRORLESS RESONANT CAVITY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 27944474713     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2137458     Document Type: Article

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