Title :
Micro-cavity fluidic dye laser
Author :
Helbo, Bjarne ; Kristensen, Anders ; Menon, Aric
Author_Institution :
Mikroelektron. Centret (MIC), Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We have successfully designed, fabricated and characterized a micro-cavity fluidic dye laser with metallic mirrors, which can be integrated with polymer based lab-on-a-chip microsystems without further processing steps. A simple rate-equation model is used to predict the average pumping power threshold for lasing as function of cavity-mirror reflectance, laser dye concentration and cavity length. The laser device is characterized using the laser dye Rhodamine 6G dissolved in ethanol. Lasing is observed, and the influence of dye concentration is investigated.
Keywords :
dye lasers; microcavity lasers; microfluidics; average pumping power threshold; cavity length; cavity-mirror reflectance; ethanol; laser dye Rhodamine 6G; laser dye concentration; metallic mirrors; micro-cavity fluidic dye laser; polymer based lab-on-a-chip microsystems; rate-equation model; Fluidic microsystems; Lab-on-a-chip; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Microfluidics; Mirrors; Optical design; Polymers; Predictive models; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2003. MEMS-03 Kyoto. IEEE The Sixteenth Annual International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7744-3
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2003.1189729
