title: Quasi-two-dimensional diffusive random laser action.
abstract: We report on random lasing in a disordered system in which the multiple scattering feedback mechanism can be switched from a three-dimensional random walk to a quasi-two-dimensional type of transport. The emission from this system is anisotropic, extraordinary polarized, and is controlled via an external electric field. The phenomenon is observed in dye-doped polymer dispersed liquid crystals and makes use of the strong scattering anisotropies in these materials.
authors.affiliation: European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy and INFM, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy. gottardo@lens.unifi.it
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottardo
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cavalieri
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yaroshchuk
authors.forename: Diederik S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wiersma