Fabrication of a distributed-feedback dye laser with a grating structure in its plastic waveguide
- 20 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 41 (24) , 5030-5035
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.41.005030
Abstract
Two approaches of fabricating grating structures for waveguided plastic dye lasers are described and compared for lasing performance. Rhodamine6G–doped poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) film on a PMMA substrate was used for the waveguide, and a distributed-feedback (DFB) laser operation with a single-propagation mode was demonstrated. The performances of both types of permanent grating structured DFB dye laser were better than those of a DFB dye laser on a plain waveguide with a dynamic grating formed by the interference of two pump beams. Wide tuning range is expected by use of a multistripe DFB laser with different grating pitches.Keywords
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