Flexible blue-emitting encapsulated organic semiconductor DFB laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 25535-25545

  Herrnsdorf, J ^a   Guilhabert, B ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Kanibolotsky, A L ^a   Mackintosh, A R ^a   Pethrick, R A ^a   Skabara, P J ^a   Gu, E ^a   Laurand, N ^a   Dawson, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; BLUE-EMITTING; DFB LASER; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; GAIN MEDIUM; LASER EMISSION; MONODISPERSE; OLIGOFLUORENES; ORGANIC LASER; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; PUMP THRESHOLD; STABLE OPERATION; TEMPLATED;

ORGANIC LASERS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; YOUNG MODULUS;

COLOR; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 78650063657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025535     Document Type: Article

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