Nanoimprinted distributed feedback lasers comprising TiO2 thin films: Design guidelines for high performance sensing

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1036-1042

  Vannahme, Christoph ^a   Leung, Michael C ^a   Richter, Frank ^a   Smith, Cameron L C ^a   Hermannsson, Pétur G ^a   Kristensen, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Detection limit; Distributed feedback laser; Dye laser; Laser sensor; Refractive index sensor

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; DEVICE SENSITIVITY; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK DYE LASER; LASER SENSOR; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SENSING PERFORMANCE; UV NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; DYE LASERS; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; GLASS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDES; POLARIZATION; RANGE FINDING; SENSORS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84887145840     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201300083     Document Type: Article

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