Title :
An evanescent-wave pumped microcavity laser with intense output radiation
Author :
Shevchenko, A. ; Lindfors, K. ; Buchter, S.C. ; Kaivola, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Phys. & Mathematics, Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
The laser reported in this work has a gain medium pumped directly with an evanescent optical wave. Bright disk laser radiation is observed to propagate isotropically in a plane perpendicular to the capillary axis.
Keywords :
laser beams; microcavity lasers; optical pumping; bright disk laser radiation; evanescent-wave pumping; microcavity laser; Dielectrics; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microcavities; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Physics; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567532
