DocumentCode
476401
Title
Optofluidic distributed feedback dye laser
Author
Li, Zhenyu ; Zhang, Zhaoyu ; Emery, Teresa ; Scherer, Axel ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrated an optofluidic distributed feedback (DFB) dye laser on a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) chip. Single-mode operation was obtained with 0.21 nm linewidth. We achieved nearly 60 nm continuously tunable output by mechanically varying the grating period.
Keywords
distributed feedback lasers; dye lasers; continuously tunable output; distributed feedback dye laser; mechanically varying; optofluidic; poly(dimethylsiloxane) chip; single mode operation; Distributed feedback devices; Gratings; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Resonance; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers; (130.0130) Integrated optics; (140.2050) Dye lasers; (140.3490) Lasers, distributed-feedback; (140.3570) Lasers, single-mode; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable; (230.4000) Microstructure fabrication; (230.7380) Waveguides, channeled;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627620
Filename
4627620
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