Intracellular microlasers

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 572-576

  Humar, Matjaž ^a,b   Yun, Seok Hyun ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; DROPS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; DIFFERENT SIZES; MICRO RESONATORS; NON-LINEAR DEVICES; OPTICAL FUNCTION; OPTICAL MICRORESONATORS; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; SMALL CAVITIES;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 84940394125     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.129     Document Type: Article

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