Real-time spectroscopy of novel solid-state random lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7212, Issue , 2009, Pages

  García Revilla, Sara ^a   Fernández, Joaquín ^a,b   Balda, Rolindes ^a,b   Zayat, Marcos ^c   Levy, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laser materials; Random lasing; Time resolved spectroscopy; Ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROPERTIES; EMISSION DYNAMICS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; LASER MATERIALS; POWDER SAMPLES; PROPAGATION MODELS; PURE SILICAS; Q-SWITCHED LASERS; RANDOM LASERS; RANDOM LASING; REAL-TIME SPECTROSCOPIES; RHODAMINE 6G; SILICA-GEL MATRIXES; SOLID-STATE MATERIALS; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRA FASTS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

GELATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; POWDERS; Q SWITCHING; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 65349149527     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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