Titanium-enhanced Raman microcavity laser

Opt Lett. 2014 Mar 15;39(6):1354-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.39.001354.

Abstract

Whispering gallery mode microcavities are ideally suited to form microlaser devices because the high circulating intensity within the cavity results in ultralow lasing thresholds. However, to achieve low-threshold Raman lasing in silica devices, it is necessary to have quality factors above 100 million. One approach to circumvent this restriction is to intercalate a sensitizer into the silica, which increases the Raman gain. In the present work, we demonstrate a Raman laser based on a titanium sensitized silica solgel coated toroidal microcavity. By tuning the concentration of the Ti, the Raman efficiency improves over 3× while maintaining sub-mW thresholds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Energy Transfer
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lasers*
  • Miniaturization
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / instrumentation*
  • Titanium / chemistry*
  • Titanium / radiation effects

Substances

  • Titanium