Abstract

We present a single-mode, single-polarization, distributed-feedback liquid dye laser, based on a short high-order Bragg grating defined in a single polymer layer between two glass substrates. In this device we obtain single-mode operation in a multimode structure by means of transverse-mode discrimination with antiguiding segments. The laser is fabricated using microfabrication technology, is pumped by a pulsed frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser, and emits narrow-line-width light in the chip plane at 577 nm. The output from the laser is coupled into integrated planar waveguides defined in the same polymer film. The laser device is thus well suited for integration, for example, into polymer based lab-on-a-chip microsystems.

©2005 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Micro-fabricated single mode polymer dye laser

Søren Balslev, Andrej Mironov, Daniel Nilsson, and Anders Kristensen
Opt. Express 14(6) 2170-2177 (2006)

Microfabricated solid-state dye lasers based on a photodefinable polymer

Daniel Nilsson, Søren Balslev, Misha M. Gregersen, and Anders Kristensen
Appl. Opt. 44(23) 4965-4971 (2005)

Tunability of optofluidic distributed feedback dye lasers

Morten Gersborg-Hansen and Anders Kristensen
Opt. Express 15(1) 137-142 (2007)

View More...

References

  • View by:
  • Article Order
  • Year
  • Author
  • Publication
  1. E. Verpoorte, “Chip vision—optics for microchips,” Lab on a Chip 3, 42N–52N (2003).
  2. A. Brecht and G. Gauglitz, “Optical probes and transducers,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 10, 923–936 (1995).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  3. L. Lading, L. B. Nielsen, and T. Sevel, “Comparing biosensors,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2002 (2002), pp. 229–232.
  4. C. Bojarski and E. Grabowska, “Photoluminescence decay and quantum yield studies for rhodamine 6G in ethanol,” Acta Physica Polonica A60, 397–406 (1981).
  5. G. P. Agrawal and N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd. ed. (Reinhold, N.Y., 1993)
  6. J. T. Kringlebotn, J.-L. Archambault, and D. N. Payne, Er3+:Yb3+-codoped fiber distributed-feedback laser,” Opt. Lett. 19, 2101–2103 (1994).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  7. B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
    [Crossref]
  8. K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
    [Crossref]
  9. S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.
  10. B. Helbo, A. Kristensen, and A. Menon, “A micro-cavity fluidic dye laser,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 13, 307–311 (2003).
    [Crossref]
  11. Y. Cheng, K. Sugioka, and K. Midorikawa, “Microfluidic laser embedded in glass by three-dimensional femtosecond laser microprocessing,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2007–2009 (2004).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  12. S. L. McCall and P. M. Platzman, “An optimized π/2 distributed feedback laser,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 21, 1899–1904 (1985).
    [Crossref]
  13. L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, (Wiley, New York, 1995).
  14. B. B. Snavely, “Flashlamp-excited organic dye lasers,” Proc. IEEE 57, 1374–1390 (1969).
    [Crossref]
  15. T. B. Koch, J. B. Davies, and D. Wickramasinghe, “Finite element/finite difference propagation algorithm for integrated optical device,” Electron. Lett. 25, 514–516 (1989).
    [Crossref]

2004 (2)

B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
[Crossref]

Y. Cheng, K. Sugioka, and K. Midorikawa, “Microfluidic laser embedded in glass by three-dimensional femtosecond laser microprocessing,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2007–2009 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2003 (3)

K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
[Crossref]

B. Helbo, A. Kristensen, and A. Menon, “A micro-cavity fluidic dye laser,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 13, 307–311 (2003).
[Crossref]

E. Verpoorte, “Chip vision—optics for microchips,” Lab on a Chip 3, 42N–52N (2003).

1995 (1)

A. Brecht and G. Gauglitz, “Optical probes and transducers,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 10, 923–936 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1994 (1)

1989 (1)

T. B. Koch, J. B. Davies, and D. Wickramasinghe, “Finite element/finite difference propagation algorithm for integrated optical device,” Electron. Lett. 25, 514–516 (1989).
[Crossref]

1985 (1)

S. L. McCall and P. M. Platzman, “An optimized π/2 distributed feedback laser,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 21, 1899–1904 (1985).
[Crossref]

1981 (1)

C. Bojarski and E. Grabowska, “Photoluminescence decay and quantum yield studies for rhodamine 6G in ethanol,” Acta Physica Polonica A60, 397–406 (1981).

1969 (1)

B. B. Snavely, “Flashlamp-excited organic dye lasers,” Proc. IEEE 57, 1374–1390 (1969).
[Crossref]

Agrawal, G. P.

G. P. Agrawal and N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd. ed. (Reinhold, N.Y., 1993)

Archambault, J.-L.

Balslev, S.

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Bilenberg, B.

B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
[Crossref]

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Bojarski, C.

C. Bojarski and E. Grabowska, “Photoluminescence decay and quantum yield studies for rhodamine 6G in ethanol,” Acta Physica Polonica A60, 397–406 (1981).

Brecht, A.

A. Brecht and G. Gauglitz, “Optical probes and transducers,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 10, 923–936 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Cheng, Y.

Clausen, B.

B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
[Crossref]

Coldren, L. A.

L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, (Wiley, New York, 1995).

Corzine, S. W.

L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, (Wiley, New York, 1995).

Davies, J. B.

T. B. Koch, J. B. Davies, and D. Wickramasinghe, “Finite element/finite difference propagation algorithm for integrated optical device,” Electron. Lett. 25, 514–516 (1989).
[Crossref]

Dutta, N. K.

G. P. Agrawal and N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd. ed. (Reinhold, N.Y., 1993)

El-Ali, J.

K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
[Crossref]

Gauglitz, G.

A. Brecht and G. Gauglitz, “Optical probes and transducers,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 10, 923–936 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Geschke, O.

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Grabowska, E.

C. Bojarski and E. Grabowska, “Photoluminescence decay and quantum yield studies for rhodamine 6G in ethanol,” Acta Physica Polonica A60, 397–406 (1981).

Helbo, B.

B. Helbo, A. Kristensen, and A. Menon, “A micro-cavity fluidic dye laser,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 13, 307–311 (2003).
[Crossref]

Jorgensen, A. M.

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Koch, T. B.

T. B. Koch, J. B. Davies, and D. Wickramasinghe, “Finite element/finite difference propagation algorithm for integrated optical device,” Electron. Lett. 25, 514–516 (1989).
[Crossref]

Kringlebotn, J. T.

Kristensen, A.

B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
[Crossref]

B. Helbo, A. Kristensen, and A. Menon, “A micro-cavity fluidic dye laser,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 13, 307–311 (2003).
[Crossref]

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Kutter, J. P.

K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
[Crossref]

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Lading, L.

L. Lading, L. B. Nielsen, and T. Sevel, “Comparing biosensors,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2002 (2002), pp. 229–232.

McCall, S. L.

S. L. McCall and P. M. Platzman, “An optimized π/2 distributed feedback laser,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 21, 1899–1904 (1985).
[Crossref]

Menon, A.

B. Helbo, A. Kristensen, and A. Menon, “A micro-cavity fluidic dye laser,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 13, 307–311 (2003).
[Crossref]

Midorikawa, K.

Mogensen, K. B.

K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
[Crossref]

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Nielsen, L. B.

L. Lading, L. B. Nielsen, and T. Sevel, “Comparing biosensors,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2002 (2002), pp. 229–232.

Nielsen, T.

B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
[Crossref]

Payne, D. N.

Platzman, P. M.

S. L. McCall and P. M. Platzman, “An optimized π/2 distributed feedback laser,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 21, 1899–1904 (1985).
[Crossref]

Sevel, T.

L. Lading, L. B. Nielsen, and T. Sevel, “Comparing biosensors,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2002 (2002), pp. 229–232.

Snakenborg, D.

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

Snavely, B. B.

B. B. Snavely, “Flashlamp-excited organic dye lasers,” Proc. IEEE 57, 1374–1390 (1969).
[Crossref]

Sugioka, K.

Verpoorte, E.

E. Verpoorte, “Chip vision—optics for microchips,” Lab on a Chip 3, 42N–52N (2003).

Wickramasinghe, D.

T. B. Koch, J. B. Davies, and D. Wickramasinghe, “Finite element/finite difference propagation algorithm for integrated optical device,” Electron. Lett. 25, 514–516 (1989).
[Crossref]

Wolff, A.

K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
[Crossref]

Acta Physica Polonica (1)

C. Bojarski and E. Grabowska, “Photoluminescence decay and quantum yield studies for rhodamine 6G in ethanol,” Acta Physica Polonica A60, 397–406 (1981).

Appl. Opt. (1)

K. B. Mogensen, J. El-Ali, A. Wolff, and J. P. Kutter, “Integration of polymer waveguides for optical detection in microfabricated chemical analysis systems,” Appl. Opt. 89, 4072–4078 (2003).
[Crossref]

Biosens. Bioelectron. (1)

A. Brecht and G. Gauglitz, “Optical probes and transducers,” Biosens. Bioelectron. 10, 923–936 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Electron. Lett. (1)

T. B. Koch, J. B. Davies, and D. Wickramasinghe, “Finite element/finite difference propagation algorithm for integrated optical device,” Electron. Lett. 25, 514–516 (1989).
[Crossref]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron. (1)

S. L. McCall and P. M. Platzman, “An optimized π/2 distributed feedback laser,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 21, 1899–1904 (1985).
[Crossref]

J. Micromech. Microeng. (2)

B. Helbo, A. Kristensen, and A. Menon, “A micro-cavity fluidic dye laser,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 13, 307–311 (2003).
[Crossref]

B. Bilenberg, T. Nielsen, B. Clausen, and A. Kristensen, “PMMA to SU-8 bonding for polymer based lab-on-a-chip systems with integrated optics,” J. Micromech. Microeng. 14, 814–818 (2004)
[Crossref]

Lab on a Chip (1)

E. Verpoorte, “Chip vision—optics for microchips,” Lab on a Chip 3, 42N–52N (2003).

Opt. Lett. (2)

Proc. IEEE (1)

B. B. Snavely, “Flashlamp-excited organic dye lasers,” Proc. IEEE 57, 1374–1390 (1969).
[Crossref]

Other (4)

L. A. Coldren and S. W. Corzine, Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, (Wiley, New York, 1995).

S. Balslev, B. Bilenberg, O. Geschke, A. M. Jorgensen, A. Kristensen, J. P. Kutter, K. B. Mogensen, and D. Snakenborg, “Fully integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications,” in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE MEMS(IEEE, 2004), pp. 89–92.

L. Lading, L. B. Nielsen, and T. Sevel, “Comparing biosensors,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2002 (2002), pp. 229–232.

G. P. Agrawal and N. K. Dutta, Semiconductor Lasers, 2nd. ed. (Reinhold, N.Y., 1993)

Cited By

Optica participates in Crossref's Cited-By Linking service. Citing articles from Optica Publishing Group journals and other participating publishers are listed here.

Alert me when this article is cited.


Figures (5)
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Laser device. (a) SEM picture of laser resonator. A number of walls are placed in a wide fluid channel; waveguides lead the light away from the laser, down to the left. The picture was taken before the channels were sealed off by the lid. (b) Closeup of the resonator walls, whose vertical sides make up the reflection for the resonator. (c) A finished laser structure, with the same laser resonator as in (a) but with waveguides on both sides of the resonator. Fluid inlets and outlets pass the dye solution through the fluid channel. (d) Schematic of laser structure profile: two glass substrates surround the 8-µm SU-8 layer and the 4-µm PMMA layer, and the total height is 1 mm.

Download Full Size | PPT Slide | PDF

Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. Schematic of reference plane in the middle of the resonator for calculating the round-trip loss using the reflections rA and rB on each side of the reference plane (dotted line). The row of squares represents polymer bars.

Download Full Size | PPT Slide | PDF

Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. The fundamental mode of the SU-8 slab waveguide propagating across a fluid channel (ethanol+dye) in the PMMA and glass cladding. Since the refractive index in the channel is lower than for the surroundings, the segment will be antiguiding, thus distorting the original field distribution Un (y).

Download Full Size | PPT Slide | PDF

Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. Calculated wavelength-dependent round-trip loss as seen from the center of the resonator (m=0). The inset shows a closeup of two peaks with m=0 and m=1 transverse modes illustrated. The peak position is slightly offset because of the difference in effective refractive index for the two modes.

Download Full Size | PPT Slide | PDF

Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. Laser spectrum for a device. A main peak dominates the spectrum. Inset: The dye laser output power versus the mean total Nd:YAG pumping power. The laser exhibits a threshold at ~0.02 mJ mm-2 (8 mW).

Download Full Size | PPT Slide | PDF

Tables (1)

Tables Icon

Table 1. Calculated mode-dependent power loss for the first six modes in the SU-8 polymer slab waveguide. The rise in loss is due to lack of confinement in the anti-guiding fluid segments of the resonator.

View Table

Equations (1)

Equations on this page are rendered with MathJax. Learn more.

∣ C m , n p ∣ 2 = ∣ ∫ U m * ( y ) U n , p ( y ) d y ∣ 2 ,

Metrics