Cascaded energy transfer for efficient broad-band pumping of high-quality, micro-lasers

C. Rotschild*, M. Tomes, H. Mendoza, T. L. Andrew, T. M. Swager, T. Carmon, M. A. Baldo

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Abstract

Micro-ring lasers that exhibit a quality factor (Q) larger than 5.2 × 10 6 with a direct-illumination, non-resonant pump are demonstrated (a,b). The micro-rings are coated with three organic dyes forming a cascaded energy-transfer (c,d), which reduces material-losses by a factor larger than 10 4 (e), transforming incoherent light to coherent light with high quantum-efficiency. The operating principle is general and can enable fully integrated on-chip, high-Q micro-lasers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3057-3060
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume23
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jul 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • nonlinear optics
  • optically active materials

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