Abstract
We observed a new type of laser action from optically pumped dye-molecules in solution filled in air-rods of a two-dimensional (2D) photonic lattice with the lattice constant a of ~ 1 μm. The original lattice1 is composed of a parallel array of 1.0-mm-long air-rod cylinders of 0.66 to 0.90 μm diameter (d) in a background material of PbO glass. The intersections of the rods with a perpendicular plane form a 2D triangular lattice; the lattice of a quasi-circular bundle with 1.3-1.5 mm size, of many hexagonal arrays, is supported by another PbO glass (Fig. 1).
© 1998 Optical Society of America
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