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Optofluidic Microlasers based on Femtosecond Micromachining Technology

  • F. Simoni EMAIL logo , P. Spegni , S. Bonfadini , D.E. Lucchetta , S. Lo Turco and L. Criante

Abstract

We present the different optofluidic lasers which have been realized using the Femtosecond Micromachining technique to fabricate the monolithic optofluidic structures in glass chips. We show how the great flexibility of this 3D technique allows getting different kind of optical cavities. The most recent devices fabricated by this technique as ring shaped and Fabry-Perot resonators show excellent emission performances.We also point out how the addition of the inkjet printing technique provides further opportunities in realizing optofluidic chips.

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Received: 2016-12-12
Revised: 2017-2-8
Accepted: 2017-3-20
Published Online: 2017-8-4
Published in Print: 2017-8-28

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