1Low threshold random lasing in dye-doped silica nano powders

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 13202-13215

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

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

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

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYBRID MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

EMISSION FEATURES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; LASER THRESHOLD; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS; POWDER SAMPLES; RANDOM LASING; SILICA-GEL MATRIX; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

ORGANIC LASERS;

COLORING AGENT; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; POWDER; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

COLORING AGENTS; KINETICS; LASERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 67749101398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013202     Document Type: Article

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