Fabrication and optical characterization of microstructures in poly(methylmethacrylate) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) using femtosecond pulses for photonic and microfluidic applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2475-2489

  Kallepalli, Deepak L N ^a   Desai, Narayana Rao ^a   Soma, Venugopal Rao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHANGES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; RADICAL FORMATION; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY; SURFACE GRATING;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77955945024     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002475     Document Type: Article

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