Direct laser writing of three-dimensional photonic crystal lattices within a PbS quantum-dot-doped polymer material

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1817-1822

  Ventura, Michael James ^a   Bullen, Craig ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DIRECT LASER WRITING; NEAR-INFRARED EMISSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

LATTICE CONSTANTS;

EID: 33847169574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001817     Document Type: Article

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