Light induced fluidic waveguide coupling

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A924-A931

  Zagolla, Volker ^a   Tremblay, Eric ^a   Moser, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; INCOMING LIGHT; INFRARED LIGHT; LASER LIGHTS; LIQUID GAS INTERFACE; LIQUID WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL SIMULATION; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; VAPOR BUBBLE; VISIBLE LIGHT; WAVEGUIDE COUPLING;

LENSES; LIQUIDS; PHASE INTERFACES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VAPORS; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT;

EID: 84869014497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A924     Document Type: Article

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