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Optically pumped distributed feedback thin film waveguide lasers with multiwavelength and polarized emissions

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Zirconia titania organically modified silicate (ZrO2-TiO2-ORMOSIL) thin film waveguides of thickness from 0.4 to 7.0 μm were synthesized using low temperature sol–gel method. Narrow linewidth distributed feedback (DFB) lasing was demonstrated in rhodamine 6G-doped ZrO2-TiO2-ORMOSIL waveguides. Simultaneous tuning of multiple-output wavelengths was achieved in the dye-doped waveguides by varying the period of the gain modulation generated by a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm. As many as eight separate output wavelengths were observed for a planar ZrO2-TiO2-ORMOSIL waveguide of thickness 7.0-μm. The output polarizations of the DFB waveguide lasers can be tuned by varying the polarization of the crossing pump beams. TE and TM optical waves belonging to the same propagation mode were generated by crossing two polarized pump beams, resulting in an effective double of the number of output wavelengths. Continuous tuning of the polarized laser outputs was also achieved by varying the crossing angle.

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J.W. thanks the financial supports from the 100-Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the starting grant of Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (1108221-JR0), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant No. 61178007), and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM Nano Project, Grant No. 11nm0502400). L.Z. thanks the financial supports from NSFC (Grant No. 50802103 and 51072207) and STCSM Excellent Academic Leader of Shanghai (Grant No. 10XD1404600). R.H.L. thanks the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 11ZR1441500).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    J. Wang, R. Li, H. Dong, J. Fan & L. Zhang

  2. Department of Engineering Photonics, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK

    F. Chen

  3. Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China

    L. Shi & K. Y. Wong

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Wang, J., Chen, F., Li, R. et al. Optically pumped distributed feedback thin film waveguide lasers with multiwavelength and polarized emissions. Appl. Phys. B 107, 163–169 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-4907-y

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