Real time random laser properties of Rhodamine-doped di-ureasil hybrids

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 7470-7478

  Pecoraro, Edison ^a   García Revilla, Sara ^b   Ferreira, Rute A S ^c   Balda, Rolindes ^b,d   Carlos, Luís D ^c   Fernández, Joaquín ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MATERIALS; LASER BEAMS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OPTICAL PUMPING; ORGANIC LASERS;

DI-UREASILS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS; PICOSECOND LASER PULSE; RANDOM LASER EMISSION; RANDOM LASERS; RHODAMINE 6G; SILICA COMPOUNDS; TEMPORAL DOMAIN;

PUMPING (LASER);

COLORING AGENT; RHODAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PH; POWDER; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

COLORING AGENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LASERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POWDERS; QUANTUM THEORY; RHODAMINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950202151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007470     Document Type: Article

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