Chen, Yan and Li, Zhenyu and Henry, M. David and Scherer, Axel (2009) Optofluidic circular grating distributed feedback dye laser. Applied Physics Letters, 95 (3). Art. No. 031109. ISSN 0003-6951 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090808-142506182
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Abstract
We demonstrate an optically pumped surface emitting optofluidic dye laser using a second-order circular grating distributed feedback resonator. We present a composite bilayer soft lithography technique specifically developed for the fabrication of our dye laser and investigate a hybrid polymer material system [poly(dimethylsiloxane)/perfluoropolyether] to construct high-resolution Bragg gratings. Our lasers emit single frequency light at low lasing thresholds of 6 µJ/mm^2. These optofluidic dye lasers can serve as low-cost and compact coherent light sources that are fully integrated within microfluidic analysis chips and provide an efficient approach to construct compact spectroscopy systems.
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| Additional Information: | © 2009 American Institute of Physics. Received 6 May 2009; accepted 25 June 2009; published 22 July 2009. This research was supported by the NSF under the Center for Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (MDITR) and the Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN). David Henry gratefully acknowledges funding by the John and Fannie Hertz Foundation. | ||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | distributed feedback lasers, dye lasers, laser cavity resonators, microfluidics, micro-optomechanical devices, optical pumping, polymers, soft lithography, surface emitting lasers | ||||||
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| Official Citation: | Optofluidic circular grating distributed feedback dye laser Yan Chen, Zhenyu Li, M. David Henry, and Axel Scherer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 031109 (2009), DOI:10.1063/1.3186786 | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | George Porter | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 02 Sep 2009 23:44 | ||||||
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