Co-extruded mechanically tunable multilayer elastomer laser

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-114

  Mao, Guilin ^a   Andrews, James ^a   Crescimanno, Michael ^a   Singer, Kenneth D ^b   Baer, Eric ^b   Hiltner, Anne ^b   Song, Hyunmin ^b   Shakya, Bijayandra ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-EXTRUSION PROCESS; CONTINUOUS TUNABILITY; DBR; DYE-DOPED; ELASTOMER LAYERS; FREQUENCY-DOUBLED ND:YAG LASER; LASER FILMS; LASING THRESHOLD; MINIATURE LASERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; RHODAMINE 6G; SINGLE-STEP; SKIN LAYER;

DBR LASERS; DYE LASERS; ELASTOMERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PLASTICS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; NEODYMIUM LASERS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

NEODYMIUM LASERS; DYE LASERS;

EID: 84862137748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.000108     Document Type: Article

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