Microlasers based on high quality (Q) whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonance are pronfising low threshold laser sources for bio-sensing and imaging applications. In this Letter, dye-doped polymer microspheres wer...Microlasers based on high quality (Q) whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonance are pronfising low threshold laser sources for bio-sensing and imaging applications. In this Letter, dye-doped polymer microspheres were fabricated by a controlling emulsion solvent evaporation method. WGM lasing with low threshold and high Q factors was realized in an individual microsphere under femtosecond laser pumping. The slight change of environmental relative humidity (RH) can be monitored by measuring the shift of the lasing modes at tile ex- posure of water molecules, which dcmonstrates the sensitivity is as high as 6 pm/RH%. The results would offer an insight into employing microlasers as sensors.展开更多
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文摘Microlasers based on high quality (Q) whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonance are pronfising low threshold laser sources for bio-sensing and imaging applications. In this Letter, dye-doped polymer microspheres were fabricated by a controlling emulsion solvent evaporation method. WGM lasing with low threshold and high Q factors was realized in an individual microsphere under femtosecond laser pumping. The slight change of environmental relative humidity (RH) can be monitored by measuring the shift of the lasing modes at tile ex- posure of water molecules, which dcmonstrates the sensitivity is as high as 6 pm/RH%. The results would offer an insight into employing microlasers as sensors.