Enhancing the laser power by stacking multiple dye-doped chiral polymer films

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11299-11303

  Huang, Yuhua ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FILMS;

CHIRAL POLYMER FILMS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; LASER EMISSION; LASER POWER;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 33751120971     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011299     Document Type: Article

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