Layered polymeric optical systems using continuous coextrusion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7467, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Song, Hyunmin ^a   Singer, Kenneth ^b   Wu, Yeheng ^b   Zhou, Juefei ^b   Lott, Joe ^a   Andrews, James ^c   Hiltner, Anne ^a   Baer, Eric ^a   Weder, Christoph ^a,e   Bunch, Robert ^d   Lepkowicz, Richard ^d   Beadie, Guy ^f  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rose Hulman Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coextrusion; Polymer dye laser; Polymer photonic crystal; Refractive index of multilayered films

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; ALTERNATING LAYERS; FLEXIBLE DESIGNS; GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX LENS; LASER DYES; LAYERED POLYMERS; LOW COSTS; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-LAYERED; NANO SCALE; POLYMER DYE LASER; POLYMER LASERS; POLYMER PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; POLYMERIC SYSTEMS; ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESS; TUNABLE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL;

COEXTRUSION; DYE LASERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LASERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONICS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 70449489059     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.830035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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