Fluidic fibre dye lasers

A E Vasdekis; G E Town; Graham Alexander Turnbull; Ifor David William Samuel

doi:10.1364/OE.15.003962

Fluidic fibre dye lasers

A E Vasdekis, G E Town, Graham Alexander Turnbull, Ifor David William Samuel

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Abstract

We report the demonstration of compact fluidic fibre lasers based on capillary tubes and photonic crystal fibres, featuring single channel and multiple laterally integrated fluidic lasers respectively. Their preparation was based on capillary action and lasing occurred without the need for external mirrors or lithographically defined microstructures. The fibre lasers were found to be tunable by varying the chromophore density in the liquid core and a functional wavelength selectivity mechanism inherent in both types of lasers provided a long free spectral range that does not correspond to the length of the fibres. The enhanced mode spacing is attributed to a Vernier resonant effect. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3962
Number of pages	3962
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.003962
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2007

Keywords

QUANTUM-DOT LASERS
OPTICAL-GAIN
WAVELENGTH
THRESHOLD
EMISSION
POLYMER
FILTER

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