Femtosecond laser fabrication of microfluidic channels for organic photonic devices

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 31, 2009, Pages

  Vishnubhatla, Krishna Chaitanya ^a   Clark, Jenny ^a   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a   Ramponi, Roberta ^a   Osellame, Roberto ^a   Virgili, Tersilla ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; ORGANIC LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; ORGANIC PHOTONICS; POLYFLUORENE SOLUTIONS; POLYMER IN SOLUTION; POLYMERIC CHAIN; POLYMERIC SOLUTION; SWITCHING RESPONSE;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 70449673081     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.00G114     Document Type: Article

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