Title :
Improved emission properties of polymer photonic crystal lasers by introducing a phase-shift
Author :
Christiansen, Mads Børkner ; Buss, Thomas ; Smith, Cameron L C ; Kristensen, Anders
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro- & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Introducing a phase-shift in nanoimprinted polymer dye lasers is shown to increase the probability of single mode lasing from 19% to 99%. Low-index lasers with only one longitudinal mode are thus superior to band-edge lasers.
Keywords :
Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Laser stability; Lattices; Optical feedback; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
