Tunable circularly polarized lasing emission in reflection distributed feedback dye lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16746-16753

  Chen, Fei ^a   Gindre, Denis ^a   Nunzi, Jean Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DYE LASERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FEEDBACK; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHIRAL PHOTONICS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DICYANOMETHYLENE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK DYE LASER; LASING EMISSIONS; PUMP BEAMS; REFLECTION GRATINGS; STATE OF POLARIZATION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY;

COLORING AGENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 54249110908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016746     Document Type: Article

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