Threshold reduction of a tunable organic laser using effective energy transfer

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 842-845

  Tsutsumi, Naoto ^a   Yamamoto, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; WAVEGUIDES;

HOLOGRAPHIC DYNAMIC GRATINGS; ORGANIC SOLID-STATE LASER; POLYMERIC WAVEGUIDE; THRESHOLD REDUCTION; TUNABLE ORGANIC LASER;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 33745759648     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000842     Document Type: Article

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