Optofluidic dye laser in a foil

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9280-9285

  Vannahme, Christoph ^a   Christiansen, Mads Brøkner ^b   Mappes, Timo ^a   Kristensen, Anders ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

BENZYL ALCOHOL; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK GRATING; FIRST ORDER; GRATING PERIODS; HIGH OUTPUT; LIQUID CORES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NANO-STRUCTURED; PULSE ENERGIES; PYRROMETHENE; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE-MODE LASERS; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; STABLE OPERATION; THERMAL BONDING; THERMAL NANOIMPRINT; THICK FOILS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 77952031064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009280     Document Type: Article

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