Theoretical research on the random lasing from two-dimensional anisotropic media consisted of liquid crystal and mixed dye

Abstract

The random lasing action in two-dimensional random media is investigated by simultaneously solving Maxwell’s equations and rate equations of electronic population. The random media are composed of scattering liquid crystal (LC) particles and mixed dye materials. The anisotropic scattering LC particles are arranged to be disordered in the spatial orientation of their optical axes. A parameter K = n o /n e ≤ 1 which denotes the ratio of the refractive indexes at two principal axes is defined to characterize the degree of the orientational disorder. The number of the lasing modes increases quickly with the decreasing of ratio K. In addition, the simulation of the external modulation of dielectric constant is studied. Results indicate that the spectrum intensity would be enhanced; whilst the frequencies of the lasing modes do not change significantly.