Title :
Thermally locked microtoroid based wavelength-selective optical feedback element
Author :
McRae, Terry G. ; Lee, Kwan H. ; Bowen, Warwick P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Math. & Phys., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of silica based microtoroids as a wavelength-selective optical feedback element for diode lasers. By utilizing the thermal bistability a simple, and non-electronic technique to attain a highly stable locking is realized.
Keywords :
laser feedback; laser mode locking; micro-optics; semiconductor lasers; thermal stability; diode lasers; locking stability; nonelectronic technique; thermal bistability; thermally locked microtoroid based optical feedback element; wavelength-selective optical feedback element; Biomedical optical imaging; Diode lasers; Frequency measurement; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Silicon compounds; Optical resonators; diode lasers; optical feedback;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343170
