Optically formed carbon nanotube sphere

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2528-2532

  Kashiwagi, Ken ^a   Yamashita, Shinji ^a   Set, Sze Yun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YK Building 2F   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; OPTICAL DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 39749144545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002528     Document Type: Article

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