Lasing characteristics of dye-doped polymer DFB laser dependent on photo-induced gain profile

Author

Tanaka, S. ; Itakura, Haruka ; Watanabe, A. ; Hayakawa, S. ; Takahashi, Nobuaki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Defense Acad., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

679

Abstract

Composing a thin film by spin-coating dye-doped organic monomer onto a glass substrate under UV irradiation to be polymer, DFB laser operation is achieved using side pumping of an interference pattern of pump beam. The thin film consists of Rhodamine B (Rh-B)-doped thio ether methacrylate (TEMA) with the thickness of ∼2 μm. Periodic gain structure is induced by using irradiation of the interference pattern of Nd:YAG (SHG) 532 nm pulsed laser. The lasing output is then obtained near 610 nm. Effects of the gain profile induced by pump beam on the lasing output are also described.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; dye lasers; optical polymers; optical pumping; polymer films; solid lasers; spin coating; 610 nm; Rhodamine B; UV irradiation; dye laser; dye-doped polymer DFB laser; glass substrate; lasing characteristics; periodic gain structure; photo-induced gain profile; polymer laser; side pumping; solid-state laser; spin-coating; thin film polymer; Distributed feedback devices; Interference; Laser excitation; Optical films; Optical polymers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Polymer films; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242660

Filename

1242660