Surface plasmon-enhanced lasing in dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 20698-20704

  Shih, Cheng Yu ^a   Yeh, Hui Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASMONS;

AG NANOPARTICLE; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-DOPED; EXCITATION SOURCES; LASING THRESHOLD; MOLECULAR EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL FIELD; PHOTONIC BAND EDGE LASERS; PUMPING EFFICIENCY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SILVER;

COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COLORING AGENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84865740286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.020698     Document Type: Article

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