飞秒激光加工的微谐振腔激光器.docVIP

飞秒激光加工的微谐振腔激光器 //.paper.edu.cn - 1 - Femtosecond laser processing of microcavity lasers# ZHAN Xuepeng, XU Huailiang, SUN Hongbo ** (State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and 5 Engineering, Jilin University, Chagnchun 130012) Foundations: Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20130061110047), and the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics (SIOM). Abstract: We report on fabrications of functional microcavity lasers in soft materials such as polymer and protein by femtosecond laser processing. High-quality (Q) microdisks with the laser dye (Rhodamine B, RhB) acting as gain medium are fabricated that produce whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) lasing output. We also obtain unidirectional lasing output with a low lasing threshold in a 10 deformed spiral microcavity at room temperature. Photonic-molecule (PM) microlasers are prepared to investigate the interaction and coupling effects of different cavities, and it is found that the distance between the two disks plays an important role in the lasing behaviors. Single-mode lasing is realized from a stacked PM microlaser through the Vernier effect. Furthermore we adopt the biocompatible materials, RhB-doped proteins as the host material and fabricate a 3D WGM microlaser, which 15 operates well both in air and aqueous environment. The sensing of the protein microlasers to the Na2SO4 concentration is investigated. Our results of fabricating high-Q microlasers with different materials reveal the potential applications of femtosecond laser processing in the areas of integrated optoelectronic and ultrahigh sensitive bio-sensing devices. Key words: femtosecond laser processing; microcavity laser; polymer; protein 20 0 Introduction Optical microcavities with small mode volume and high quality (Q) factors have been considered as the basic building blo