Title :
Optofluidic Microring Dye Laser
Author :
Li, Zhenyu ; Zhang, Zhaoyu ; Scherer, Axel ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
Abstract :
We demonstrated, for the first time, an optofluidic microring dye laser on a monolithic poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) chip. Laser threshold of 9.2 nJ was obtained with a single mode liquid-core waveguide based microring cavity.
Keywords :
dye lasers; integrated optics; laser modes; liquid lasers; micro-optomechanical devices; microcavity lasers; microfluidics; waveguide lasers; dye laser; liquid-core waveguide cavity; microring cavity; microring laser; monolithic poly(dimethylsiloxane) chip; optofluidic laser; single mode cavity; Distributed feedback devices; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Microfluidics; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288336
