DocumentCode
2751046
Title
Optically tunable ring external-cavity laser
Author
Zheng, J. ; Ge, C. ; Wagner, C.J. ; Meng, L. ; Cunningham, B.T. ; Eden, J.G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
9-13 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
644
Lastpage
645
Abstract
We have demonstrated a tunable external cavity ring laser, in which the lasing wavelength can be controlled by external illumination that excites a nonlinear dye within a photonic crystal resonant reflector.
Keywords
dye lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; photonic crystals; ring lasers; external illumination; lasing wavelength; nonlinear dye; optically tunable laser; photonic crystal resonant reflector; ring external-cavity laser; tunable external cavity ring laser; Biomedical optical imaging; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical variables control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8940-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110713
Filename
6110713
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