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Thermal bistability-based method for real-time optimization of ultralow-threshold whispering gallery mode microlasers

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: A method based on thermal bistability for ultralow-threshold microlaser optimization is demonstrated. When sweeping the pump laser frequency across a pump resonance, the dynamic thermal bistability slows down the power variation. The resulting line shape modification enables a real-time monitoring of the laser characteristic. We demonstrate this method for a functionalized microsphere exhibiting a submicrowatt laser threshold. This approach is confirmed by comparing the results with a step-by-step recording in quasi-static thermal conditions.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.005193

Authors: Guoping Lin, Y. Candela, O. Tillement, Zhiping Cai, V. Lefèvre-Seguin, J. Hare

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Xiamen University, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Lyon 1 Université

Language: English

Topic: Photonic and Optical Devices

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: China Scholarship Council

OpenAlex ID: W2126430354

FWCI: 1.93

Cites: 12

Cited by: 35

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