Micro-Raman spectroscopy of refractive index microstructures in silicone-based hydrogel polymers created by high-repetition-rate femtosecond laser micromachining

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-602

  Ding, Li ^a   Cancado, Luiz Gustavo ^a   Novotny, Lukas ^a   Knox, Wayne H ^a   Anderson, Neil ^b   Jani, Dharmendra ^b   Linhardt, Jeffrey ^b   Blackwell, Richard I ^b   Künzler, Jay F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DAMAGE DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGELS; LASER PULSES; POLYMERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICONES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; HIGH REPETITION RATE; HIGH REPETITION RATE LASERS; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL BREAKDOWN THRESHOLD; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; REFRACTIVE-INDEX MODIFICATION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 65249101381     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000595     Document Type: Article

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