Title :
A cw room-temperature mid-IR microlaser
Author :
Yang Deng ; Jain, Ravinder K. ; Hossein-Zadeh, Mani
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater. (CHTM), Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of a cw room-temperature mid-IR microlaser. This 2.7-μm optically-pumped (diode, 980 nm) microlaser is based on a high-Q Er-doped ZBLAN spherical microresonator and has a threshold power of 140 μW.
Keywords :
erbium; micro-optics; optical pumping; optical resonators; solid lasers; ZBLAN:Er; cw room-temperature mid-IR microlaser; high-Q Er-doped ZBLAN spherical microresonator; optically-pumped microlaser; power 140 muW; temperature 293 K to 298 K; threshold power; wavelength 980 nm to 2.7 mum; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber sensors; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995482
