Enhanced laser performance of cholesteric liquid crystals doped with oligofluorene dye

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1496-1504

  Dolgaleva, Ksenia ^a   Wei, Simon K H ^b   Lukishova, Svetlana G ^a   Chen, Shaw H ^b   Schwertz, Katie ^a   Boyd, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

DICYANOMETHYLENE; GLASSY LIQUID CRYSTALS; LASER CHARACTERISTICS; LASER PERFORMANCE; OLIGOFLUORENES; OUTPUT ENERGY; SINGLE-MODE REGIME; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL STABILITY;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 57049185138     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001496     Document Type: Article

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