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Back Cover: Random lasing vs. vertical cavity feedback in organic crystals (Laser Photonics Rev. 8(5)/2014)
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201470053
Subject(s) - lasing threshold , laser , photonics , random laser , cover (algebra) , optoelectronics , realization (probability) , materials science , laser science , physics , optics , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , statistics
Crystalline organicmaterials exhibit both vertical‐cavity and random lasing emission properties. A blue‐emitting, 1,1,4,4‐tetraphenyl‐1,3‐butadiene molecular crystal is investigated, whose lasing spectra show narrow lasing which are attributed to both the built‐in, vertical Fabry‐Pérot cavity and random lasing in a novel, surface‐emitting configuration. These crystals have great potentiality for the realization of solid‐state lasers exploiting various and hybrid amplification routes. (Picture: A. Camposeo et al., 10.1002/lpor.201400031 , pp. 785–791, in this issue)