Dramatic shape sensitivity of emission patterns for similarly deformed cylindrical polymer lasers

  • Harald G.L. Schwefel
  • , Nathan B. Rex
  • , Hakan E. Tureci
  • , Richard K. Chang
  • , A. Douglas Stone
  • , Eric Toussaere
  • , Tahar Ben Messaoud
  • , Joseph Zyss

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Abstract

Deforming the microcavity and breaking its symmetry was shown to lead to highly directional emission pattern. As such, experiments done on two different shaped dye (DCM)-doped polymer (PMMA) samples with effective index of refraction n=1.49 was reported. In particular, the shapes used were the ellipse and the quadrupole. Although the two shapes appear very similar to the eye, a dramatic change in the far field emission patter was reported.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages24-25
Number of pages2
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes
EventQuantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2002 - Long Beach, CA, United States
Duration: May 19 2002May 24 2002

Other

OtherQuantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach, CA
Period5/19/025/24/02

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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