Random laser action in self-organized para-sexiphenyl nanofibers grown by hot-wall epitaxy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4454-4456

  Quochi, F ^a   Cordella, F ^a   Orru R ^a   Communal, J E ^a   Verzeroli, P ^a   Mura, A ^a   Bongiovanni, G ^a   Andreev, A ^b   Sitter, H ^b   Sariciftci, N S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LASERS; MICA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OLIGOMERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EMISSION BANDS; FLUENCES; NANOFIBERS; SUBPICOSECOND EXCITATIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 3042742524     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1759384     Document Type: Article

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