Title :
Liquid crystal tunable photonic crystal dye laser
Author :
Buss, Thomas ; Christiansen, Mads B. ; Smith, Cameron L C ; Kristensen, Anders
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro- & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present a dye-doped liquid crystal laser using a photonic crystal cavity. An applied electric field to the liquid crystal provides wavelength tunability. The photonic crystal enhances resonant interaction with the gain medium.
Keywords :
Holography; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Liquid crystals; Optical resonators; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Resonance; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
