Title :
Ultralow-threshold cavity Raman laser via free-space excitation
Author :
Xue-Feng Jiang ; Qihuang Gong ; Yun-Feng Xiao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We observed ultralow-threshold Raman lasing using direct free-space excitation of whispering gallery modes in a deformed microtoroid. This simple and robust excitation method can overcome the inadequacies of taper coupling.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser cavity resonators; whispering gallery modes; deformed microtoroid; free-space excitation; taper coupling; ultralow-threshold cavity Raman laser; whispering gallery modes; Couplings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Microcavities; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
