Microfabricated solid-state dye lasers based on a photodefinable polymer

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4965-4971

  Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Balslev, Søren ^a   Gregersen, Misha M ^a   Kristensen, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CLADDING (COATING); DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPIN COATING;

MICROFABRICATION; PHOTODEFINABLE POLYMER; RHODAMINE; SOLID-STATE DYE LASERS;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 24344489489     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004965     Document Type: Article

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