Electrically pumped ultraviolet random lasing from ZnO films: Compensation between optical gain and light scattering

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Tian, Ye ^a   Ma, Xiangyang ^a   Jin, Lu ^a   Yang, Deren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; FORWARD CURRENTS; HETEROSTRUCTURES; RANDOM LASING; ZNO FILMS;

GELS; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL GAIN; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 78650728493     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3531960     Document Type: Article

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