Surfactant sensing based on whispering-gallery-mode lasing in liquid-crystal microdroplets

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 19836-19844

  Humar, M ^a   Musevic I ^a,b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

LASING SPECTRUM; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; MICRO DROPLETS; MILLIMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; WATER EFFECTS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES; WHISPERING-GALLERY-MODE LASING;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLASS FIBER; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS;

ADSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

EID: 80054003249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019836     Document Type: Article

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