Efficiency enhancement in a microcavity solid-state dye laser with Bragg grating reflectors

• Authors: Sergei Popov , Rui Zhang , Sergey Sergeyev , Ari Friberg
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Bragg grating reflectors placed along microcavity facets can improve the efficiency of a polymer dye laser built with such a microcavity. The impact of different reflector designs on the mode pattern and resonance frequencies of the microcavity is numerically simulated and analyzed. This rigorous physical model is based on solving the Maxwell equations and includes such material properties as absorption, dispersion, fluorescence and optical gain. In certain cases, an asymmetrical layout of the reflectors can be more preferable than the pair of reflectors located on opposite sides of the microcavity as it is implemented for typical design.

Keywords

EN

microcavity laser; Bragg grating reflector; polymer dye laser

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 202-206

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2010

online

30 - 1 - 2010

Contributors

author

Sergei Popov

• Department of Microelectronics and applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE-164 40, Kista, Sweden

author

Rui Zhang

author

Sergey Sergeyev

• Optics Research Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road, Waterford, Ireland

author

Ari Friberg

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-009-0090-0