Wavelength-tuneable liquid crystal lasers from the visible to the near-infrared

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8114, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hands, P J W ^a   Dobson, C A ^a   Morris, S M ^a   Qasim, M M ^a   Gardiner, D J ^a   Wilkinson, T D ^a   Coles, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

F rster transfer; Liquid crystal laser; near infrared; photonic band gap; visible; wavelength tuneable laser

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CHIRAL NEMATICS; DYE-DOPED; INFRARED EMITTERS; LASER DYES; LIQUID CRYSTAL LASER; LIQUID-CRYSTAL LASERS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; NEAR-INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; OPTICAL SIGNATURES; PHOTONIC BANDS; POINT OF CARE; PUMP SOURCES; PUMP WAVELENGTH; SECURITY COATING; VISIBLE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; WIDE-RANGING APPLICATIONS;

CRYSTALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INFRARED DEVICES; LIQUID LASERS; LIQUIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NETWORK SECURITY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 80053591074     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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