Stimulated emission lasing by organic dyes in a nematic liquid crystal
Il'chishin I.P., Tikhonov E.A., Shpak M.T. Doroshkin A.A.
Lasing of organic dyes dissolved in a nematic liquid crystal was obtained for the first time. The rotation of the plane of polarization in such a system following mechanical rotation of the cell with the liquid-crystal solution is demonstrated experimentally.