Chapter 13. Lasing in Dye-doped Chiral Liquid Crystals: Influence of Defect Modes

  1. Prof. Ralf B. Wehrspohn4,5,
  2. Prof. H.-S. Kitzerow6,
  3. Prof. Kurt Busch7
  1. Wolfgang Haase1,
  2. Fedor Podgornov1,2,
  3. Yuko Matsuhisa3,
  4. Masanori Ozaki3

Published Online: 4 MAR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9783527621880.ch13

Book Title

Nanophotonic Materials: Photonic Crystals, Plasmonics, and Metamaterials

Nanophotonic Materials: Photonic Crystals, Plasmonics, and Metamaterials

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Haase, W., Podgornov, F., Matsuhisa, Y. and Ozaki, M. (2008) Lasing in Dye-doped Chiral Liquid Crystals: Influence of Defect Modes, in Nanophotonic Materials: Photonic Crystals, Plasmonics, and Metamaterials (eds R. B. Wehrspohn, H.-S. Kitzerow and K. Busch), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527621880.ch13

Editor Information

  1. 4

    Fraunhofer-Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Halle; Germany

  2. 5

    Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physics, 06099 Halle, Germany

  3. 6

    Department of Physical Chemistry FB13, University of Paderborn, Faculty of Science, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany

  4. 7

    Universität Karlsruhe, Institute of Thoeretical Solid State Physics, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

Author Information

  1. 1

    Darmstadt University of Technology, Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Petersenstr. 20, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

  2. 2

    South Ural State University, Joint Nonlinear Optics Laboratory of the Institute of Electrophysics, (RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia) and South, Ural State University, Lenin Ave., 76, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia

  3. 3

    Osaka University, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-Oka Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 MAR 2008
  2. Published Print: 20 FEB 2008

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Print ISBN: 9783527408580

Online ISBN: 9783527621880

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Keywords:

  • nanophotonic materials;
  • tuneable photonic crystals;
  • lasing;
  • dye-doped chiral liquid crystals;
  • cholesterics with structural defects;
  • ferroelectric liquid crystals

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Experiment

    • Lasing in Cholesterics with Structural Defects

      • Preparation of Cholesterics

      • Cell Fabrication

      • Preparation of CLC/TiO2 Dispersion

      • The Experimental Setup

      • Experimental Results

    • Lasing in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

      • Sample Preparation

      • The Experimental Setup

      • Experimental Results

    • Conclusion

  • References

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