Multi-wavelength laser emission in dye-doped photonic liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 18334-18339

  Wang, Chun Ta ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHIRAL DOPANT; DEVICE TEMPERATURE; LASING WAVELENGTH; MULTI-WAVELENGTH LASERS; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASING; PHOTONIC BAND EDGE; PHOTONIC BANDS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 55349137391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.018334     Document Type: Article

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