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Title

Tunable single-mode photonic lasing from zirconia inverse opal photonic crystals

Author(s)

Nishijima, Yoshiaki;  Ueno, Keisei;  Juodkazis, Saulius;  Mizeikis, Vygantas;  Misawa, Hiroaki;  Maeda, Mitsuru;  Minaki, Masashi

Abstract

Lasing from zirconia inverse opal photonic crystal structures infiltrated by solutions of rhodamine dyes was found to exhibit single-mode lasing peaks with spectral width less than 1 nm and quality factor in excess of 4000. The lasing occurs within the approximate range of high-reflectance spectral region associated with photonic stop band along (111) crystallographic direction, but its wavelength is not fixed to the corresponding Bragg wavelength of the periodic structure, and depends on the spectral position of the gain band. This lasing regime can be useful for realizing tunable single-mode photonic crystal lasers.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

Optics Express, Vol. 16, no. 18 (Sep 2008), pp. 13676-13684

Publication year

2008

FOR Code(s)

0205 Optical Physics;  0903 Biomedical Engineering;  1113 Ophthalmology and Optometry

Keyword(s)

Opals;  Photonic crystals;  Photonic lasing;  Refractive index;  Rhodamine dyes;  Zirconia;  Zirconia inverse opals

Publisher

Optical Society of America

ISSN

1094-4087

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.16.013676

Copyright

Copyright © 2008 Optical Society of America. This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.16.013676. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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