Switching and amplification in disordered lasing resonators

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Leonetti, Marco ^a,b   Conti, Claudio ^a,c   Lopez, Cefe ^b  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ENERGY FLUX; RESONANCE;

AMPLIFIER; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; DISORDERED LASING RESONATOR; ENERGY; GENERAL DEVICE; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SWITCH;

EID: 84877735743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2777     Document Type: Article

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