Efficient optical gain media comprising binary blends of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Xia, R ^a   Stavrinou, P N ^a   Bradley, D D C ^a   Kim, Y ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY BLENDS; CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; COMPOSITION RANGES; ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; GAIN MEDIA; GAIN THRESHOLDS; HIGH SLOPE EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM GAIN; ONE-DIMENSIONAL GRATINGS; OPTICAL GAIN PROPERTIES; PHOTO-CHARGE GENERATION; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER OPTICAL FIBRE; PUMP PULSE; REGIO-REGULAR; RR-P3HT; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL GAIN;

EID: 84863524746     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4730041     Document Type: Article

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