Title :
Enhanced transduction of polymer photonic crystal band-edge lasers via additional layer deposition
Author :
Smith, Cameron L C ; Christiansen, Mads B. ; Buss, Thomas ; Kristensen, Anders ; Nielsen, Claus H. ; Larsen, Niels B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro- & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present the concept of enhanced transduction for polymer photonic crystal lasers by deposition of an additional polymer layer with selective gas response. We report a significant increase in sensitivity to changes in gas concentration.
Keywords :
Gas lasers; Laser modes; Nanotechnology; Optical films; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2