Injection seeding of lasing in microdroplets

被引:9
作者
Popp, J [1 ]
Fields, MH [1 ]
Chang, RK [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV,CTR LASER DIAGNOST,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
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10.1364/OL.22.000139
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Injection seeding of lasing has been achieved in both small (similar to 20-mu m radius) and larger (similar to 35-mu m radius) dye-doped microdroplets. Seeding is effective in enhancing the intensity from one lasing mode that normally occurs because of the droplet morphology. Competition between the seeded mode and unseeded lasing modes that have good spatial overlap with the seeded mode prevents lasing on some unseeded lasing modes. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America
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