Single-mode laser emission at 825 nm from a photopumped cylindrical microresonator based on a polymer semiconductor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2014-2019

  Kobayashi, Takeyuki ^a   Vavasseur, Maroussia ^a,b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER MODES; MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; YTTRIUM;

CAVITY QUALITY FACTOR; ELECTRON-TRANSPORT MATERIALS; GAIN MEDIUM; GROUND STATE ABSORPTION; LASER EMISSION; LUMINESCENT POLYMER; MICRO RESONATORS; MICROLASER; NEAR INFRARED; NON-CONJUGATED POLYMERS; OXADIAZOLES; POLY(9-VINYLCARBAZOLE); POLYMER MICROCAVITY; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICA OPTICAL FIBERS; SINGLE-MODE LASERS; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; THRESHOLD ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 77957879482     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002014     Document Type: Article

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