Determination of the transport mean free path in a solid-state random laser
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 20 (11) , 2389-2394
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.20.002389
Abstract
Using the coherent backscattering technique, we have measured the transport mean-free-path lengths for photons in powder, a promising solid-state random laser material. The developed model allows one to calculate as a function of the mean particle size s in tightly packed powder or sintered ceramic. The experimentally determined value of is in good agreement with the model prediction.
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