Femtosecond-laser direct writing in polymers and potential applications in microfluidics and memory devices

Optical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Narayana, Lakshmi ^a,b   Kallepalli, Deepak ^a,b   Soma, Venugopal Rao ^b   Desai, Narayana Rao ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Diffraction grating; Electron spin resonance; Free radicals; Laser direct writing; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICRO-RAMAN; DIRECT WRITING; LASER DIRECT WRITING; OPTICAL CENTER; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; LASERS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; SILICONES; WAVEGUIDES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84868607607     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.51.7.073402     Document Type: Article

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