Coupled optofluidic ring laser for ultrahighsensitive sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 22242-22247

  Zhang, Xingwang ^a   Ren, Liqiang ^a   Wu, Xiang ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Liu, Liying ^a   Xu, Lei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RING LASERS; SENSORS;

ACTIVE SENSOR; EMISSION INTENSITY; LASING SPECTRUM; MULTIMODES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RING RESONATOR; SENSING ELEMENTS; ULTRAHIGH SENSITIVITY; WHISPERING GALLERY;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80054896788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022242     Document Type: Article

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