Comparison of the performance of photonic band-edge liquid crystal lasers using different dyes as the gain medium

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mowatt, Carrie ^a   Morris, Stephen M ^a   Song, Myoung Hoon ^b,c   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a   Friend, Richard H ^b   Coles, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DYE CONCENTRATION; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; GAIN MEDIUM; HIGH SLOPE EFFICIENCY; LASER DYES; LIQUID CRYSTAL HOST; LIQUID-CRYSTAL LASERS; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW THRESHOLDS; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; NEMATIC HOSTS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; PHOTONIC BAND EDGE LASERS; PHOTONIC BANDS; PYRROMETHENE; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID LASERS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77749339887     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3284939     Document Type: Article

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