Effect of Photo-Induced Periodic Gain Structure on Oscillation Power and Tunability in Polymer Dye Laser |
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| Authors: | Takanori Kemanai Satoshi Tanaka Seiichiro Hayakawa Heihachi Sato |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Electrical Engineering, National Defense Academy, 1-10-20, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan;(2) Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, 8-3-1, Chuo, Ami, Inashiki Ibaraki 300-0332, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Pumping dye-doped organic polymer by interference pattern of a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG 532 nm laser to induce a periodic gain-structure and confining it within a stable optical resonator, the oscillation output can be effectively enhanced in comparison with either that of uniform irradiation, i.e., pumping, or of distributed feedback (DFB) operation, and the oscillation wavelength becomes tunable by adjusting the period of the interference pattern. Using Rhodamine-B as a dopant over the range from 200 to 1000 ppm, the oscillation output was enhanced by - 10 dB, which was larger than the output of the uniform irradiation and was - 30% greater than the DFB scheme. Moreover, changing the period of the interference pattern by adjusting the setting angle of the Koster prism enables us to vary the oscillation wavelength around 600 nm. |
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| Keywords: | dye laser tunable laser periodic gain structure organic polymer polymer dye laser |
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