Fundamental characteristics of degradation-recoverable solid-state DFB polymer laser

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4690-4696

  Yoshioka, Hiroaki ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^a   Oki, Yuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; DYE LASERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SILICONES;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-DOPED POLYMER; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL CIRCULATIONS; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; NANOPOROUS SOLID; POLYMER LASERS; SOLID STATE DYE LASERS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 84863161914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004690     Document Type: Article

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