Dependence of the random laser behavior on the concentrations of dye and scatterers

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kitur, J ^a   Zhu, G ^a   Bahoura, M ^a   Noginov, M A ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Random lasers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LENGTH; CONCENTRATION OF; HEURISTIC MODEL; RANDOM LASER EMISSION; RANDOM LASERS; RHODAMINE 6G; SCATTERING REGIME; TIO; TRANSPORT MEAN FREE PATH; ULTRA-HIGH; STRONG SCATTERINGS; WEAK SCATTERING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING; LASER BEAMS; OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LASER BEAMS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 75849123309     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/2/024009     Document Type: Article

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