Title :
Development of quasi-end-fired waveguide plastic dye laser
Author :
Oki, Yuji ; Tanaka, Masamitsu ; Ogawa, Yukinori ; Watanabe, Hirofumi ; Maeda, Mitsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
fDate :
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A quasi-end-fire (QEF) pumping scheme was proposed and studied as a novel laser-pumping-scheme for a laser-dye-doped plastic waveguide laser with distributed feedback. This pumping scheme resembled longitudinal pumping, but also has the advantage of controllable absorption length of the injected pump beam. A first demonstration of the QEF was performed and the pumping beam controlling was also investigated.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; dye lasers; optical pumping; solid lasers; waveguide lasers; controllable absorption length; distributed feedback laser; injected pump beam; laser-dye-doped laser; laser-pumping-scheme; longitudinal pumping; plastic dye laser; pumping beam controlling; quasiend-fired pumping scheme; solid-state DFB laser; waveguide laser; Distributed feedback devices; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Plastics; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Waveguide lasers; Distributed feedback lasers; dye lasers; laser arrays; optical polymers; optical pumping; optical strip waveguide components; pulsed lasers; solid lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2006.871557
