Co-existence of strongly and weakly localized random laser modes

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 279-282

  Fallert, Johannes ^a   Dietz, Roman J B ^a   Sartor, Janos ^a   Schneider, Daniel ^a   Klingshirn, Claus ^a   Kalt, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; LOCAL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; LOCALIZED MODES; RANDOM LASERS; RANDOM LASING; SUB-WAVELENGTH; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZINC OXIDE POWDER;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 67649158717     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.67     Document Type: Article

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