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Two-dimensional liquid crystal laser array

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Abstract

A two-dimensional liquid crystal (LC) laser array has been demonstrated by photopumping a single LC sample using a lenslet array consisting of plano–convex microlenses. A 5×5 array of LC lasers (displaying evidence of mutual coherence) spaced by 1mm inactive regions has been generated, which could be combined to yield a single monomode output and allows an almost 50-fold increase in energy density in comparison to a single-focus LC cavity. Furthermore, we have demonstrated how the individual and recombined emission spectra vary with different sample topologies and how polydomain samples can be used to generate a multiwavelength laser emission.

© 2008 Optical Society of America

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