Solid-state dye laser with moiré gratings

Abstract

We fabricated distributed-feedback (DFB) solid-state dye lasers with moire gratings. We formed a moire grating pattern by superimposing two grating patterns with a rotation angle. The moire gratings were fabricated by an “etchless” process utilizing a two-beam interference method. The gratings were coated with solidified rhodamine-B. The five laser devices were pumped with the second harmonic generation of a Nd:YAG laser and we obtained narrow-banded laser oscillations at 590, 600, 610, 620, and 630 nm wavelength. Full widths at half maximum of laser spectra were less than 0.5 nm. The results indicated that a moire fringe can function as a resonator of DFB solid-state dye lasers.