Effect of local pumping on random laser modes in one dimension

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Xiaohua ^a   Andreasen, Jonathan ^a   Cao, Hui ^a   Yamilov, Alexey ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL PUMPING; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

LASING MODES; LOCAL PUMPING; RANDOM LASER MODES;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 36949022002     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000A26     Document Type: Article

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