Device parameter analyses of solid-state organic laser made by self-written active waveguide technique

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4570-4574

  Yamashita, Kenichi ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Fukuzawa, Eshin ^a   Okada, Hiroyuki ^a   Oe, Kunishige ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye lasers; Polymer waveguide; Self written waveguide; Solid state organic laser

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE WAVEGUIDES; CAVITY LENGTH; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; DEVICE PARAMETERS; EVALUATION METHOD; FEEDBACK EFFICIENCY; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; LASER DEVICE; LASING THRESHOLD; LOSS COEFFICIENTS; MONOTONIC DECREASE; ORGANIC LASER; POLYMER WAVEGUIDE; SELF-WRITTEN WAVEGUIDE; SOLID-STATE ORGANIC; SOLID-STATE ORGANIC LASER; WAVEGUIDE TECHNIQUES;

DYE LASERS; LASERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 70049087515     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2025054     Document Type: Article

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