Organic solid laser pumped by an organic light-emitting diode

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9436-9443

  Wei, B ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a   Ichikawa, M ^a   Koyama, T ^a   Taniguchi, Y ^a   Fukuda, T ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL FILMS;

EDGE EMISSIONS; MICROCAVITY STRUCTURES; ORGANIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLID LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 33749380543     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009436     Document Type: Article

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