Organic semiconductor lasers as integrated light sources for optical sensor systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6659, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Punke, Martin ^a   Woggon, Thomas ^a   Stroisch, Marc ^a   Ebenhoch, Bernd ^a   Geyer, Ulf ^a   Karnutsch, Christian ^a   Gerken, Martina ^a   Lemmer, Uli ^a   Bruendel, Mathias ^b   Wang, Jing ^c   Weimann, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

DUV modification; Lab on a chip; Organic DFB laser; Organic semiconductor laser; PMMA; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; LIGHT SOURCES; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DUV MODIFICATION; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; ORGANIC DFB LASER;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 42149126062     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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