A theoretical analysis is made of the possibility of constructing a distributed feedback dye laser in which a doped cholesteric liquid crystal is used as the resonator. The threshold power density required to obtain stimulated emission from an active dye impurity in the crystal is P≈1×105 W/cm2.
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Nicholai V. Kukhtarev (1978) studied this question.