Title :
Optofluidic ring resonator lasers: Principles and applications
Author :
Fan, Xudong ; Sun, Yuze ; Suter, Jonathan D. ; Lee, Wonsuk ; Wu, Chung-Shieh ; Li, Hao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Glass capillary and PDMS chip based optofluidic ring resonator lasers, along with their properties such as Q-factor, lasing threshold, out-coupling, and single-mode lasing, will be overviewed. Possible applications and future research directions will be discussed.
Keywords :
Q-factor; laser cavity resonators; micro-optomechanical devices; optical glass; optical polymers; reviews; ring lasers; PDMS chip; Q-factor; glass capillary; lasing threshold; optofluidic ring resonator lasers; outcoupling; overview; single-mode lasing; Laser applications; Laser modes; Optical ring resonators; Optimized production technology; Ring lasers; Sun; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8428-7
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730065
