We demonstrate thermometry with a resolution of 80  nK/Hz using an isotropic crystalline whispering-gallery mode resonator based on a dichroic dual-mode technique. We simultaneously excite two modes that have a mode frequency ratio that is very close to two (±0.3  ppm). The wavelength and temperature dependence of the refractive index means that the frequency difference between these modes is a...

We present in this paper a basic analysis of the physical mechanism underlying the internal frequency modulation of a laser oscillator which is caused by a variation of the optical path length of its Fabry-Perot resonator. I t is shown how adiabatic variations of the optical resonator length are continuously converted into frequency variations of the electromagnetic field energy trapped between...

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A new approach for stable intra-cavity phase locking of several laser channels is presented. In this approach, special interferometric couplers are incorporated inside a laser resonator to obtain efficient self phase-locking between separate laser channels. We analyze the approach and demonstrate experimentally phase-locking of two and of four laser channels, that are derived from Nd:YAG lasers...

A regenerative amplifier free-electron laser (RAFEL) is a highgain resonator FEL which achieves saturation in a few round-trips of the radiation in a high-loss, and hence low feedback, optical cavity. Because the radiation feedback fraction is low it is feasible that the use of low reflectivity optics in the resonator makes the RAFEL a candidate for short wavelength operation [1]. Several RAFEL...

We present a laterally emitting, coupled cavity micro fluidic dye ring laser, suitable for integration into lab-on-a-chip micro systems. The micro-fluidic laser has been successfully designed, fabricated, characterized and modelled. The resonator is formed by a micro-fluidic channel bounded by two isosceles triangle mirrors. The micro-fluidic laser structure is defined using photo lithography i...

We report the direct observation of lasing action from a dynamically localized mode in a microdisk resonator with rough boundary. In contrast to microlasers based on stable ray trajectories, the performance of our device is robust with respect to the boundary roughness and corresponding ray chaos, taking advantage of Anderson localization in angular momentum. The resonator design, although demo...

We outline the fabrication of an electrically pumped surface-emitting laser with a short vertical extended cavity (VECSEL) for sensing applications. The emission wavelength is detuned by introducing microparticles into the cavity via a microfluidic channel. Multiple longitudinal modes can fit inside the resonator. A reproducible detuning of the extended cavity demands a longitudinal mode spacin...

We present a laterally emitting, coupled cavity micro fluidic dye ring laser, suitable for integration into lab-on-a-chip micro systems. The micro-fluidic laser has been successfully designed, fabricated, characterized and modelled. The resonator is formed by a micro-fluidic channel bounded by two isosceles triangle mirrors. The micro-fluidic laser structure is defined using photo lithography i...