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Optically pumped mirrorless lasing. 
A Review. 
Part II. Lasing in photonic crystals and microcavities

Dudok T. H. and Nastishin Yu. A.

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Abstract. This article is a second part of the review on optically pumped mirrorless lasing. Consideration of random lasing presented in the first part [Nastishin Yu A and Dudok T H, 2013. Ukr. J. Phys. Opt.] is now followed by analysis of the literature on the lasing in photonic structures, which is mainly focussed on dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals and microcavities, including liquid-crystal microdroplets

Keywords: mirrorless lasing, mirrorless lasers, photonic bandgap edge lasing, dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals, liquid crystal lasers, whispering-gallery modes, optical microcavities

PACS: 42.55.Mv, 42.55.Sa, 42.55.Tv, 42.70.Qs, 61.30.-v, 77.84.Nh, 78.60.Lc
UDC: 535.37+535.35+681.7.069.24+52-626
Ukr. J. Phys. Opt. 15 47-67
doi: 10.3116/16091833/15/2/47/2014
Received: 31.01.2014

Анотація. Ця стаття є другою частиною огляду про бездзеркальну лазерну генерацію з оптичним нагнітанням. Розгляд випадкової лазерної генерації, представлений у першій частині огляду [Nastishin Yu A and Dudok T H, 2013. Ukr. J. Phys. Opt.], тут продовжено аналізом літератури з генерації фотонними структурами, зокрема холестеричними рідкими кристалами з домішками барвника і мікрорезонаторами з включенням мікрокрапель рідких кристалів.
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