Title :
Tapered optical fibre dye laser
Author :
Pendock, G. ; MacKenzie, H.S. ; Payne, F.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
The fabrication of an optical fibre dye laser with a pump threshold of only 28 mW using DCM dye is reported. The laser relies on the interaction between the evanescent field of a tapered single mode optical fibre and a surrounding laser dye solution.
Keywords :
dye lasers; fibre optics; laser cavity resonators; 28 mW; DCM dye; dye laser; evanescent field; fabrication; low threshold operation; optical fibre; pump threshold; single mode fibre; tapered fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920092
