Simultaneous Oscillation of Wavelength-Tunable singlemode Lasers Using Er:ZBLALiP Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator

Patrice Féron (1) , Lei Xiao (1, 2) , Stephane Trebaol (1) , Yannick Dumeige (1) , Yann G. Boucher (1, 3) , Zhiping P. Caï (2) , Michel Mortier (4)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 Xiamen University
3 RESO - laboratoire de Recherche en Electronique Signal, Optronique, télécommunications
4 LCMCP (site Paris VI) - Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (site Paris VI)

The coupling by two half tapers on the same micro-spherical resonator in Er:ZBLALiP allows two independent single mode laser emissions to be obtained simultaneously. We study the emission characteristics and the resulting beat note signal.

Mots clés: Laser resonators; Microwaves

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Patrice Féron, Lei Xiao, Stephane Trebaol, Yannick Dumeige, Yann G. Boucher, et al.. Simultaneous Oscillation of Wavelength-Tunable singlemode Lasers Using Er:ZBLALiP Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator. Frontiers in Optics 2009, Oct 2009, San José, CA, United States. pp.FTh03, ⟨10.1364/FIO.2009.FThO3⟩. ⟨hal-00476059⟩