Naturally occurring resonators in random lasing of -conjugated polymer films

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-310

  Tulek, A ^a,b   Polson, R C ^a   Vardeny, Z V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Aselsan MGEO Division   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXCITATION INTENSITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM ANALYSIS; LASER EMISSION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POLYMER MIXTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 77950467863     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1509     Document Type: Article

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