Lasing in Disordered Media
Abstract
We review our recent work on lasing in active random media. Light scattering, which had been regarded detrimental to lasing action for a long time, actually provided coherent feedback for lasing. We also trapped laser light in micrometer-sized random media. The trapping was caused by disorder-induced scattering and interference. This nontraditional way of light confinement has important application to microlasers. The threshold of ranodm laser can be reduced by incorporating some degree of order into an active random medium. Our calculation result shows that by optimizing the degree of order one can dramatically reduce the threshold of random laser to the values comparable to those of photonic bandgap defect lasers.
Recommended Citation
H. Cao et al., "Lasing in Disordered Media," Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 4995, pp. 134 - 143, SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, Jan 2003.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479757
Meeting Name
-Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers II (2003: Jan. 27-29, San Jose, CA)
Department(s)
Physics
Keywords and Phrases
Disordered System; Optical Scattering; Random Laser; Amplification; Dye Lasers; Light Scattering; Powders; Resonance; Simulation
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0277-786X
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2003 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2003
