Diode pumped distributed Bragg reflector lasers based on a dye-to-polymer energy transfer blend

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9211-9216

  Vasdekis, A E ^a   Tsiminis, G ^a   Ribierre, J C ^a   O'Faolain, Liam ^a   Krauss, T F ^a   Turnbull, G A ^a   Samuel, I D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; GALLIUM NITRIDE; OPTICAL RESONATORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASER (DBR),; POLYMER LASER; SOLID-STATE POLYMER LASER SYSTEM;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 33749397476     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009211     Document Type: Article

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