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Title: Theory of a dye laser in a mesogenic matrix near a transition to the liquid crystal phase

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

A stochastic distributed feedback mechanism is proposed to account for the experimental results (blue shift of the wavelength, reduction of the threshold) on the lasing of a dye in a liquid crystal matrix. It is shown that this mechanism involves scattering by inhomogeneous fluctuations of the order and provides a correct quantitative description of the experimental data.

Research Organization:
Institute of General Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6176263
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 15:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English