Title :
A subluminal laser with extreme insensitivity to cavity length change
Author :
Zhou, Z. ; Yablon, J. ; Wang, Y. ; Scheuer, J. ; Shahriar, Selim M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EECS, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
With a narrow peak on top of a broad-band gain profile in a laser, the group-velocity of light becomes significantly subluminal. The lasing frequency becomes extremely insensitive to cavity length change in such a laser.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; broad-band gain profile; cavity length change; lasing frequency; light group-velocity; subluminal laser; Cavity resonators; Dispersion; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mathematical model; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
