Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Express
Keywords
PHOTONIC BAND-EDGE; EMISSION; FILM; GAP; Optics
Abstract
A high performance dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) laser is demonstrated by incorporating a passive CLC reflector to the active cell. The polarization-conserved CLC reflector effectively increases the distributed feedback cavity length which, in turn, results in a significant enhancement in lasing efficiency and a dramatic reduction in beam divergence. The lasing characteristics are still dominated by the circularly polarized light with the same sense as the cholesteric helix.
Journal Title
Optics Express
Volume
14
Issue/Number
9
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
3906
Last Page
3916
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1094-4087
Recommended Citation
Zhou, Ying; Huang, Yuhua; and Wu, Shin-Tson, "Enhancing cholesteric liquid crystal laser performance using a cholesteric reflector" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6774.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6774
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