Opto-fluidic ring resonator lasers based on highly efficient resonant energy transfer

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 12735-12742

  Shopova, Siyka I ^a   Cupps, Jay M ^a   Zhang, Po ^b   Henderson, Edward P ^b   Lacey, Scott ^a   Fan, Xudong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Advanced Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; FUSED SILICA; MICROFLUIDICS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

FUSED SILICA CAPILLARY; OPTO-FLUIDIC RING RESONATOR LASERS; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES (WGMS);

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 35148882449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012735     Document Type: Article

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