Three-dimensional staggered herringbone mixer fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Di ^a,b   He, Fei ^a   Liao, Yang ^a   Lin, Jintian ^a,b   Liu, Changning ^a,b   Song, Jiangxin ^a,b   Cheng, Ya ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

3D direct writing; femtosecond laser; microchannel in glass

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FUSED SILICA; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

DIRECT WRITING; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROFABRICATION; MIXING LENGTH; SIDE WALLS; STAGGERED HERRINGBONE MIXER; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FEMTOSECOND LASERS;

EID: 84873399658     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/2/025601     Document Type: Article

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