Enhancement of laser action in ZnO nanorods assisted by surface plasmon resonance of reduced graphene oxide nanoflakes

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A799-A805

  Cheng, Shih Hao ^a   Yeh, Yun Chieh ^a   Lu, Meng Lin ^a   Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Chen, Yang Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; EMISSION INTENSITY; LASER ACTION; LASING THRESHOLD; NANOFLAKES; RANDOM LASERS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; ZNO NANOROD;

LASERS; NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84869040548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A799     Document Type: Article

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