Optofluidic distributed feedback dye lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-192

  Li, Zhenyu ^a,b   Psaltis, Demetri ^a,c,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Ondax Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Dye lasers; Lab on a chip; Microfluidic integration; Optofluidics; Single mode lasers; Tunable lasers

Indexed keywords

LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDIC INTEGRATION; OPTOFLUIDICS; SINGLE MODE LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER TUNING; MICROFLUIDICS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

DYE LASERS;

EID: 34247532931     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.894051     Document Type: Article

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