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Tunable single-frequency lasing in a microresonator.

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Whispering-gallery-mode resonators made of laser-active materials can serve as efficient microphotonic coherent light sources. However, the majority of experimental realizations relies on expensive pump light sources like narrow-linewidth or pulsed… Click to show full abstract

Whispering-gallery-mode resonators made of laser-active materials can serve as efficient microphotonic coherent light sources. However, the majority of experimental realizations relies on expensive pump light sources like narrow-linewidth or pulsed laser systems, which is inappropriate for most applications. In order to overcome this, we present a whispering-gallery laser system without the need for an expensive pump light source and at the same time with unprecedented laser performance: A laser-active resonator made of Nd:YVO 4 is non-resonantly excited, employing a low-cost laser diode without any external frequency stabilization, emitting up to 100 mW optical power around 810 nm wavelength. Continuous-wave single-frequency lasing at 1064 nm wavelength is achieved with directed laser light emission in the mW-regime. The temporal power and frequency stability are within ±1.5 % and ±30 MHz, respectively. Modehop-free frequency fine-tuning is achieved exceeding 11 GHz tuning range by changing the temperature of the cavity. Faster tuning can be expected when applying geometric or electro-optic instead of thermal tuning.

Keywords: lasing microresonator; tunable single; frequency; single frequency; frequency lasing; laser

Journal Title: Optics express
Year Published: 2019

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