Single Longitudinal Mode Optofluidic Microring Laser Based on a Hollow-Core Microstructured Optical Fiber

Jie Yu; Yange Liu; Mingming Luo; Zhi Wang; Guang Yang; Hongwei Zhang; Xiaohui Zhang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2753254

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2017)

Single Longitudinal Mode Optofluidic Microring Laser Based on a Hollow-Core Microstructured Optical Fiber

Jie Yu,
Yange Liu,
Mingming Luo,
Zhi Wang,
Guang Yang,
Hongwei Zhang,
Xiaohui Zhang

Affiliations

Jie Yu: Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Yange Liu: Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Mingming Luo: Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Devices, Beijing, China
Zhi Wang: Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Guang Yang: Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Hongwei Zhang: Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Xiaohui Zhang: Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2753254
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 5
pp. 1 – 10

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A single longitudinal mode microring dye laser based on a simplified hollow-core microstructured optical fiber (SHMOF) is proposed and demonstrated. The dye laser uses a submicron thickness silica microring embedded in the SHMOF as resonator and has the characteristic of a low threshold of 664 nJ/mm2. The factors that influence the single longitudinal mode excitation are discussed and the possible operation principle is analyzed. Meanwhile, the single longitudinal mode emissions at several different wavelengths are realized by using different dyes as gain medium, which indicates that the lasing wavelength of the laser is scalable. Time domain characteristics of the lasing are also measured and they are synchronous with the lateral pumping laser. The attractive possibility of developing microfluidic single longitudinal mode dye laser within the SHMOF presents opportunities for integrated optics applications and biomedical analysis with high sensitivity.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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