A switchable digital microfluidic droplet dye-laser

Alexander J. C. Kuehne, Malte C. Gather, Irwin A. Eydelnant, Seok-Hyun Yun, David A. Weitz, Aaron R. Wheeler
2011 Lab on a Chip  
Digital microfluidic devices allow the manipulation of droplets between two parallel electrodes. These electrodes can act as mirrors generating a micro-cavity, which can be exploited for a droplet dye-laser. Three representative laser-dyes with emission wavelengths spanning the whole visible spectrum are chosen to show the applicability of this concept. Sub-microlitre droplets of laser-dye solution are moved in and out of a lasing site on-chip to down-convert the UV-excitation light into blue, green and red laser-pulses.
doi:10.1039/c1lc20405j pmid:21901207 fatcat:ugvcb733l5by3f262xxgkyz6b4