Integrated microsphere arrays: Light focusing and propagation effects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7605, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Darafsheh, Arash ^a   Kerr, Matthew D ^a   Allen, Kenneth W ^a   Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Antoszyk, Andrew N ^b,c   Ying, Howard S ^d   Astratov, Vasily N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focusing; Laser tissue surgery; Microlenses; Microoptics; Microspheres; Optical microprobes

Indexed keywords

BEAM ATTENUATION; BORE SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOCUSED BEAMS; HIGH INDEX; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; MICRO-PROBES; MICROSPHERE ARRAYS; MULTIMODAL STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODELING; OPTICAL MICROPROBES; PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS; PHOTOPORATION; PLASTIC TUBING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROPAGATION EFFECT;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LASER SURGERY; MICROLENSES; MICROSPHERES; REFRACTION; SPHERES; WAVEGUIDES;

FOCUSING;

EID: 77951610307     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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