Enhanced laser emission in opposite handedness using a cholesteric polymer film stack

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3470-3477

  Zhou, Ying ^a   Jang, E Eun Amy ^a   Huang, Yuhua ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLYMER FILMS;

DYE-DOPED CHOLESTERIC FILM; MIDDLE ACTIVE LAYERS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 33947388351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.003470     Document Type: Article

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