Solvent-free fluidic organic dye lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 11368-11375

  Choi, Eun Young ^a   Mager, Loic ^b   Cham, Tran Thi ^a   Dorkenoo, Kokou D ^b   Fort, Alain ^a,b   Wu, Jeong Weon ^a   Barsella, Alberto ^b   Ribierre, Jean Charles ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIQUID LASERS; ORGANIC LASERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CAPILLARY ACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; LIQUID CARBAZOLE; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; RED-EMITTING; SOLVENT FREE; SOLVENT FREE CONDITIONS;

LIQUIDS;

COLORING AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

COLORING AGENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84878548825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.011368     Document Type: Article

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