Speckle-mirror laser

被引:8
作者
deOliveira, PC [1 ]
McGreevy, JA [1 ]
Lawandy, NM [1 ]
机构
[1] BROWN UNIV,DIV ENGN,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
关键词
D O I
10.1364/OL.22.000700
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on a new laser feedback mechanism that uses speckle-pattern phenomena to create highly dispersive feedback. This speckle mirror is capable of creating laser emission as narrow as that from laser cavities using a number of dispersive elements such as gratings and prisms. Contributions from the peaks of intensity of the speckle patterns and a limited pumping-beam diameter are the basic conditions for the observation of this effect. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
引用
收藏
页码:700 / 702
页数:3
相关论文
共 14 条
[1]  
Ambartsumyan R. V., 1970, PROGR QUANTUM ELECT, P109
[2]   Coherent backscattering from high-gain scattering media [J].
deOliveira, PC ;
Perkins, AE ;
Lawandy, NM .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1996, 21 (20) :1685-1687
[3]  
Francon M., 1979, LASER SPECKLE APPL O
[4]   INTENSITY STATISTICS AND THE FINESSE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC-RADIATION IN RANDOM STRUCTURES [J].
GARCIA, N ;
GENACK, AZ .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1991, 16 (15) :1132-1134
[5]   OPTICAL-TRANSMISSION IN DISORDERED MEDIA [J].
GENACK, AZ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1987, 58 (20) :2043-2046
[6]  
GENACK AZ, 1990, SCATTERING LOCALIZAT, P207
[7]   SPACE AND WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE OF SPECKLE INTENSITY [J].
GEORGE, N ;
JAIN, A .
APPLIED PHYSICS, 1974, 4 (03) :201-212
[8]  
Goodman JW., 1975, Statistical Properties of Laser Speckle Patterns, P9
[9]  
HILL SC, 1988, OPTICAL EFFECTS ASS, P3
[10]   LASER ACTION IN STRONGLY SCATTERING MEDIA [J].
LAWANDY, NM ;
BALACHANDRAN, RM ;
GOMES, ASL ;
SAUVAIN, E .
NATURE, 1994, 368 (6470) :436-438