Evanescent-wave pumped single-mode microcavity laser from fiber of 125  μm diameter

Yuchen Wang; Shu Hu; Xiao Yang; Ruizhi Wang; Heng Li; Chuanxiang Sheng

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000332

Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (4): 04000332, Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

Evanescent-wave pumped single-mode microcavity laser from fiber of 125 μm diameter

Yuchen Wang ^1,2Shu Hu ¹Xiao Yang ³Ruizhi Wang ¹Heng Li ¹Chuanxiang Sheng ^1,*

Author Affiliations

¹ School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China

² School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China

³ Faculty of Electronic Information Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China

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Yuchen Wang, Shu Hu, Xiao Yang, Ruizhi Wang, Heng Li, Chuanxiang Sheng. Evanescent-wave pumped single-mode microcavity laser from fiber of 125 μm diameter[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(4): 04000332.

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