Random lasing action of randomly assembled ZnO Nanowires with MgO coating

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 13647-13654

  Yang, H Y ^a   Yu, S F ^a   Li, G P ^b   Wu, T ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; NANOWIRES; PUMPS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; LASING CHARACTERISTICS; PUMP THRESHOLD; RANDOM LASING; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO NWS;

FEEDBACK;

MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NANOWIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASERS; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOWIRES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77953827866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013647     Document Type: Article

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