Optofluidic waveguides for reconfigurable photonic systems

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8602-8609

  Chung, Aram J ^a   Erickson, David ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; BANDWIDTH; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDES;

ATTENUATION RANGE; BROAD BANDWIDTHS; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; LIQUID WAVEGUIDES; MICROSCALE FLOWS; PHOTONIC ELEMENTS; PHOTONIC SYSTEMS; RE-CONFIGURABLE;

LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79955386110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.008602     Document Type: Article

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