Ultracompact low-threshold organic laser

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11080-11085

  Deotare, Parag B ^a   Mahony, Thomas S ^a   Bulović, Vladimir ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alq3:DCM; Nanobeam cavities; Nanolasers; Organic laser dye; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ALQ3:DCM; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; LOW-THRESHOLD LASERS; MOLECULAR ORGANIC THIN FILMS; NANO BEAMS; NANOLASERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOBEAM; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION FACTOR;

ORGANIC LASERS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS;

EID: 84912557366     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504444g     Document Type: Article

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