Azobenzene based surface relief gratings for thin film distributed feedback lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7722, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Döring, Sebastian ^a   Rabe, Torsten ^a   Rosenhauer, Regina ^a   Kulikovska, Olga ^a   Hildebrandt, Niko ^a   Stumpe, Joachim ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Distributed feedback; Organic thin film laser; Surface relief gratings

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ALL-OPTICAL; DFB LASER; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; GRATING DEPTHS; GRATING PITCH; GUEST-HOST; HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSING; LASER LIGHTS; MASS TRANSPORT; MULTIPLE SURFACES; NANOIMPRINT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC THIN FILM LASER; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; PERIODIC SURFACES; RED LIGHT; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; RESONANT STRUCTURES; SECOND ORDERS; SPIN CASTING; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS; THIN FILM LASER; UV-LIGHT; VARYING PARAMETERS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; ORGANIC LASERS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERIC FILMS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 77954387709     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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