Random lasers as fascinating new light sources

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diederik S. Wiersma ◽  
Stefano Gottardo ◽  
Stefano Cavalieri ◽  
Sushil Mujumdar
Keyword(s):  
Light Sources ◽  
Random Lasers

scholarly journals All-optical adaptive control of quantum cascade random lasers

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Schönhuber ◽  
N. Bachelard ◽  
B. Limbacher ◽  
M. A. Kainz ◽  
A. M. Andrews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Quantum Cascade Lasers ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Optimization Procedure ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Light Modulator ◽  
Random Lasers ◽  
Quantum Cascade

Abstract Spectral fingerprints of molecules are mostly accessible in the terahertz (THz) and mid-infrared ranges, such that efficient molecular-detection technologies rely on broadband coherent light sources at such frequencies. If THz Quantum Cascade Lasers can achieve octave-spanning bandwidth, their tunability and wavelength selectivity are often constrained by the geometry of their cavity. Here we introduce an adaptive control scheme for the generation of THz light in Quantum Cascade Random Lasers, whose emission spectra are reshaped by applying an optical field that restructures the permittivity of the active medium. Using a spatial light modulator combined with an optimization procedure, a beam in the near infrared (NIR) is spatially patterned to transform an initially multi-mode THz random laser into a tunable single-mode source. Moreover, we show that local NIR illumination can be used to spatially sense complex near-field interactions amongst modes. Our approach provides access to new degrees of freedom that can be harnessed to create broadly-tunable sources with interesting potential for applications like self-referenced spectroscopy.

Entropy and Efficiency in Laser Cooling of Solids

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiulin Ruan ◽  
Stephen C. Rand ◽  
Massoud Kaviany
Keyword(s):  
Laser Cooling ◽  
Laser Action ◽  
Blackbody Radiation ◽  
Stimulated Emission ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Photon Distribution ◽  
Random Lasers ◽  
Emission Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Radiation Entropy

The thermodynamics of laser cooling of solids is analyzed. Using the general theory of radiation entropy, the important roles of the optical frequency and the photon distribution function in determining the radiation entropy are identified. The usefulness of a narrowband approximation is established for a wide range of radiant sources. This approximation is then applied to compare the entropies of different light sources, including blackbody radiation, lasers, fluorescence, and the emerging class of random lasers. Based on these results, the Carnot efficiency for laser cooling of solids is determined, for emission fields with various entropy characteristics. It is shown that fluorescent emission is the most efficient form of the radiated field for laser cooling of solids, and cooling schemes based on any stimulated emission process (including random laser action) are inherently less efficient. The influence of luminescence quantum yield on cooling is also considered.

Facile synthesized ZnO microcrystals for random microlasers and incandescent-type light sources

CrystEngComm ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (44) ◽  
pp. 6772-6783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaolong Ji ◽  
Mingming Jiang ◽  
Wangqi Mao ◽  
Peng Wan ◽  
Caixia Kan
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Random Lasers

Well-crystallized ZnO microcrystals (MCs) with a well-faceted, smooth surface were successfully synthesized and employed to construct ultraviolet microsized random lasers.

Spatially Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Recent Progress and Future Plans

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-389
Author(s):  
A. M. Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Target Material ◽  
Orbital Energy ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Koopmans Theorem ◽  
Surface Analytical Technique

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA) was not developed by Siegbahn and co-workers as a surface analytical technique, but rather as a general probe of electronic structure and chemical reactivity. The method is based on the phenomenon of photoionisation: The absorption of monochromatic radiation in the target material (free atoms, molecules, solids or liquids) causes electrons to be injected into the vacuum continuum. Pseudo-monochromatic laboratory light sources (e.g. AlKα) have mostly been used hitherto for this excitation; in recent years synchrotron radiation has become increasingly important. A kinetic energy analysis of the so-called photoelectrons gives rise to a spectrum which consists of a series of lines corresponding to each discrete core and valence level of the system. The measured binding energy, EB, given by EB = hv−EK, where EK is the kineticenergy relative to the vacuum level, may be equated with the orbital energy derived from a Hartree-Fock SCF calculation of the system under consideration (Koopmans theorem).

Tandem scanning confocal light microscopy as compared with x-ray diffraction for characterizing the behavior of clays in fluid-saturated petroleum reservoir rock

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 148-149
Author(s):  
C.J. Stuart ◽  
B.E. Viani ◽  
J. Walker ◽  
T.H. Levesque
Keyword(s):  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Image Plane ◽  
Reservoir Rock ◽  
Depth Of Field ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Scanning System ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Petroleum Reservoir ◽  
Image Recording ◽  
Scan Speed

Many techniques of imaging used to characterize petroleum reservoir rocks are applied to dehydrated specimens. In order to directly study behavior of fines in reservoir rock at conditions similar to those found in-situ these materials need to be characterized in a fluid saturated state.Standard light microscopy can be used on wet specimens but depth of field and focus cannot be obtained; by using the Tandem Scanning Confocal Microscope (TSM) images can be produced from thin focused layers with high contrast and resolution. Optical sectioning and extended focus images are then produced with the microscope. The TSM uses reflected light, bulk specimens, and wet samples as opposed to thin section analysis used in standard light microscopy. The TSM also has additional advantages: the high scan speed, the ability to use a variety of light sources to produce real color images, and the simple, small size scanning system. The TSM has frame rates in excess of normal TV rates with many more lines of resolution. This is accomplished by incorporating a method of parallel image scanning and detection. The parallel scanning in the TSM is accomplished by means of multiple apertures in a disk which is positioned in the intermediate image plane of the objective lens. Thousands of apertures are distributed in an annulus, so that as the disk is spun, the specimen is illuminated simultaneously by a large number of scanning beams with uniform illumination. The high frame speeds greatly simplify the task of image recording since any of the normally used devices such as photographic cameras, normal or low light TV cameras, VCR or optical disks can be used without modification. Any frame store device compatible with a standard TV camera may be used to digitize TSM images.

Illumination from Large Area Light Sources—II

1914 ◽  
Vol 77 (1988supp) ◽  
pp. 82-83
Author(s):  
Herbert E. Ives
Keyword(s):  
Light Sources ◽  
Large Area
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