Enhanced optical confinement and lasing characteristics of individual urchin-like ZnO microstructures prepared by oxidation of metallic Zn

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Chia Hao ^a   Chao, Tzu Yang ^a   Chiu, Ying Feng ^a   Tseng, Shuo Yen ^a   Hsu, Hsu Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microstructures; Random laser; ZnO

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER BEAMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFLECTION;

HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; LASING CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RANDOM LASERS; ZNO MICROSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84899632948     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-178     Document Type: Article

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