학술논문

Glass-embedded optofluidic lasers
Document Type
Conference
Source
2017 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring (PIERS) Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring (PIERS) , 2017. :1263-1266 May, 2017
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Geoscience
Photonics and Electrooptics
Cavity resonators
Pump lasers
Laser excitation
Mirrors
Ultrafast optics
Glass
Language
Abstract
We report the realization and characterization of optofluidic lasers fully embedded in glass chips. By coupling femtosecond micromachining technology for writing the microfluidic circuit with high resolution inkjet technology to fabricate the cavity mirrors, it was possible to get robust Fabry-Perot resonators suitable for low threshold optofluidic lasers. Using as active medium a solution of Rh-6G in ethanol, linewidth as low as 0.5 nm has been obtained with a threshold for oscillation at a pump fluence of 2 μJ/mm 2 . Different resonant cavities have been tested obtaining record performances for what concern pumping threshold and emission linewidth for Fabry-Perot based optofluidic lasers, achieving a quality factor Q ∼ 10 3 .