DocumentCode
2533667
Title
Thermally locked microtoroid based wavelength-selective optical feedback element
Author
McRae, Terry G. ; Lee, Kwan H. ; Bowen, Warwick P.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Math. & Phys., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
fYear
2009
fDate
4-8 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
517
Lastpage
518
Abstract
We demonstrate the use of silica based microtoroids as a wavelength-selective optical feedback element for diode lasers. By utilizing the thermal bistability a simple, and non-electronic technique to attain a highly stable locking is realized.
Keywords
laser feedback; laser mode locking; micro-optics; semiconductor lasers; thermal stability; diode lasers; locking stability; nonelectronic technique; thermal bistability; thermally locked microtoroid based optical feedback element; wavelength-selective optical feedback element; Biomedical optical imaging; Diode lasers; Frequency measurement; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Silicon compounds; Optical resonators; diode lasers; optical feedback;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location
Belek-Antalya
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343170
Filename
5343170
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