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Jin L, Chen X, Wu Y, Ai X, Yang X, Xiao S, Song Q. Dual-wavelength switchable single-mode lasing from a lanthanide-doped resonator. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1727. [PMID: 35365646 PMCID: PMC8975839 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29435-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The development of multi-wavelength lasing, particularly with the wavelength tuning in a wide spectral range, is challenging but highly desirable for integrated photonic devices due to its dynamic switching functionality, high spectral purity and contrast. Here, we propose a general strategy, that relies on the simultaneous design on the electronic states and the optical states, to demonstrate dynamically switchable single-mode lasing spanning beyond the record range (300 nm). This is achieved through integrating the reversely designed nanocrystals with two size-mismatched coupled microcavities. We show an experimental validation of a crosstalk-free violet-to-red single-mode behavior through collective control of asymmetric excitation and excitation wavelength. The single-mode action persists for a wide power range, and presents significant enhancement when compared with that in the microdisk laser. These findings enlighten the reverse design of luminescent materials. Given the remarkable doping flexibility, our results may create new opportunities in a variety of frontier applications.
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- Limin Jin
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
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- College of Materials Science of Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science of Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, P. R. China. .,Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, P. R. China. .,Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China.
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Organic Dye-Doped PMMA Lasing. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13203566. [PMID: 34685325 PMCID: PMC8540746 DOI: 10.3390/polym13203566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Organic thin-film lasers gain interest as potential light sources for application in diverse fields. With the current development, they hold variety of benefits such as: low-cost, high-performance, and color-tunability. Meanwhile, the production is not complicated because both the resonator and the gain medium can be assembled by solution-processable organic materials. To our knowledge, information about using poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a matrix for organic dye lasers was insubstantial. Herein, the feasibility of using organic dye-doped PMMA as an organic dye laser was tested. Six different sample designs were introduced to find out the best sample model. The most optimum result was displayed by the sample design, in which the gain medium was sandwiched between the substrate and the photoresist layer with grating structure. The impact of dye concentration and grating period on peak wavelength was also investigated, which resulted in a shift of 6 nm and 25 nm, respectively. Moreover, there were in total six various organic dyes that could function well with PMMA to collectively perform as ‘organic dye lasers’, and they emitted in the range of 572 nm to 609 nm. Besides, one of the samples was used as a sensor platform. For instance, it was used to detect the concentration of sugar solutions.
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Zhang S, Cui LB, Zhang X, Tong JH, Zhai T. Tunable polymer lasing in chirped cavities. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:2809-2817. [PMID: 32121961 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Continuously tunable polymer lasing was achieved in one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and compound chirped cavities. The chirped cavity was simply fabricated by using interference lithography and spin coating. Two-dimensional and compound chirped cavities were obtained by employing oblique exposure and double exposure, respectively. The tunability range of two-dimensional chirped cavities was much wider than that of one-dimensional chirped cavities, which varied from 557 nm to 582 nm. The interaction between lasing modes was studied in the compound cavity by introducing an additional nanostructure into the two-dimensional chirped cavities. The threshold of the compound chirped cavities changed with the coupling strength between lasing modes. These results may be helpful for designing compact polymer laser sources.
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Uncommon Intramolecular Charge Transfer Effect and Its Potential Application in OLED Emitters. Chem Res Chin Univ 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-019-0032-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Taguchi M, Higase Y, Yamashita K. Compact solid-state organic laser with fine and broadband wavelength tunability. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:35548-35554. [PMID: 31878724 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.035548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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An organic dye-doped polymer laser with a novel wavelength-tuning mechanism is proposed. This device is a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser realized by using a couple of distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs), on which a dye-doped polymer thin film and a polydimethylsiloxane film are deposited individually. One of the DBRs is electrically driven to vary the effective cavity length. Under the optical excitation, tunable lasing operation with high stability can be achieved when immersion oil is used for the refractive index matching in the cavity. Since the device operation mechanism proposed here is quite simple, it is promising for designing a compact laser device with wide, precise, and electrically driven wavelength tunability.
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Controlling the emission properties of solution-processed organic distributed feedback lasers through resonator design. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11159. [PMID: 31371733 PMCID: PMC6671999 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47589-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Surface-emitting distributed feedback (DFB) lasers with both, resonator and active material based on solution-processable polymers, are attractive light sources for a variety of low-cost applications. Besides, the lasers should have competitive characteristics compared to devices based on high-quality inorganic resonators. Here, we report high performing all-solution-processed organic DFB lasers, consisting of water-processed photoresist layers with surface relief gratings located over the active films, whose emission properties can be finely tuned through resonator design. Their laser threshold and efficiency are simultaneously optimized by proper selection of residual resist thickness and grating depth, d. Lowest thresholds and largest efficiencies are obtained when there is no residual layer, while a trade-off between threshold and efficiency is found in relation to d, because both parameters decrease with decreasing d. This behaviour is successfully explained in terms of an overlap factor r, defined to quantify the interaction strength between the grating and the light emitted by the active film and traveling along it, via the evanescent field. It is found that optimal grating depths are in the range 100–130 nm (r ~ 0.5−0.4). Overall, this study provides comprehensive design rules towards an accurate control of the emission properties of the reported lasers.
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Solution-processed nanographene distributed feedback lasers. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3327. [PMID: 31346182 PMCID: PMC6658550 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11336-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The chemical synthesis of nanographene molecules constitutes the bottom-up approach toward graphene, simultaneously providing rational chemical design, structure-property control and exploitation of their semiconducting and luminescence properties. Here, we report nanographene-based lasers from three zigzag-edged polycyclic aromatics. The devices consist of a passive polymer film hosting the nanographenes and a top-layer polymeric distributed feedback resonator. Both the active material and the laser resonator are processed from solution, key for the purpose of obtaining low-cost devices with mechanical flexibility. The prepared lasers show narrow linewidth ( < 0.13 nm) emission at different spectral regions covering a large segment of the visible spectrum, and up to the vicinity of the near-infrared. They show outstandingly long operational lifetimes (above 105 pump pulses) and very low thresholds. These results represent a significant step forward in the field of graphene and broaden its versatility in low-cost devices implying light emission, such as lasers. Chemically synthesized graphene nanosheets offer device design flexibility and improved optoelectronic performance. Here, the authors report solution-processed distributed feedback lasers with graphene nanosheets as active media having linewidths < 0.13 nm, long operational lifetimes and low thresholds.
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Ramírez-Pradilla JS, Blanco-Tirado C, Combariza MY. Electron-Transfer Ionization of Nanoparticles, Polymers, Porphyrins, and Fullerenes Using Synthetically Tunable α-Cyanophenylenevinylenes as UV MALDI-MS Matrices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:10975-10987. [PMID: 30794747 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b22246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Electron-transfer ionization in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (ET-MALDI) is widely used for the analysis of functional materials that are labile, unstable, and reactive in nature. However, conventional ET matrices (e.g., trans-2-[3-(4- tert-butylphenyl)-2-methyl-2-propenylidene] malononitrile (DCTB)) still lack in performance due to cluster formation, reactivity with analytes, and vacuum instability. In this contribution, we report the use of α-cyanophenylenevinylene derivatives as UV MALDI matrices for the analysis, by ET ionization, of nanoparticles, polymers, porphyrins, and fullerenes. The synthetic versatility of the phenylenevinylene (PV) core allowed us to modulate physicochemical properties, fundamental for efficient formation of primary ions in the gas phase under MALDI conditions, such as planarity, ionization potentials, molar absorptivity, and laser thresholds. For instance, introduction of -CN groups in vinyl positions of the PV core induced structural disruption in planarity in the new α-CNPV derivatives, shifting their maximum molar absorptivity to UV wavelengths and increasing their ionization energy values above 8.0 eV. UV MALDI-relevant photophysical properties in solution and solid state are reported (λmax and ε355nm). LDI spectra of α-CNPVs exhibit predominant signals due to M+• and [M + H]+ species, whereas the standard matrix DCTB shows peaks associated with clusters and nondesirable products. The mass spectrometry (MS) performance of six α-CNPV derivatives was assessed for the ionization of a standard compound, with α-CNPV-CH3 and α-CNPV-OCH3 exhibiting better analytical figures of merit than those of a standard matrix (DCTB). These new matrices display high vacuum stability (79%) for up to 240 min of residence in the ionization source, in contrast with DCTB with 13%. Vacuum stability is vital, particularly for applications such as high-throughput analysis and imaging MS. In addition, when a mixture of 20 analytes (PAHs, porphyrins, and triphenylamine dyes) ranging from m/z 300 to 1700 was analyzed via ET-MALDI, we observed analyte coverage of 90% with the α-CNPV-CH3 derivative, whereas DCTB afforded only 70%. Finally, α-CNPV-CH3 was tested and compared with DCTB, as ET-MALDI matrix for petroporphyrins, conjugated polymers, gold nanoparticles, and fullerene derivatives analysis, outperforming in most cases the standard matrix.
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- Juan S Ramírez-Pradilla
- Escuela de Química , Universidad Industrial de Santander , Bucaramanga 680003 , Santander , Colombia
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- Escuela de Química , Universidad Industrial de Santander , Bucaramanga 680003 , Santander , Colombia
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- Escuela de Química , Universidad Industrial de Santander , Bucaramanga 680003 , Santander , Colombia
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Huang J, Zheng D, Peng B, Kong M, Hang Y, Ma J, Jia X. Unlocking the action mechanisms of molecular nonlinear optical absorption for optical conjugated polymers under aggregation states. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py01268g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Controlling the molecular microstructure and the molecular aggregation state under different conditions to improve the MNOA performance of OCPs.
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- Jin Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- PR China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 211816
- China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 211816
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- PR China
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Wang K, Zhang W, Gao Z, Yan Y, Lin X, Dong H, Zhang C, Zhang W, Yao J, Zhao YS. Stimulated Emission-Controlled Photonic Transistor on a Single Organic Triblock Nanowire. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:13147-13150. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Kang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Gao Z, Zhang W, Yan Y, Yi J, Dong H, Wang K, Yao J, Zhao YS. Proton-Controlled Organic Microlaser Switch. ACS NANO 2018; 12:5734-5740. [PMID: 29790732 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Microscale laser switches have been playing irreplaceable roles in the development of photonic devices with high integration levels. However, it remains a challenge to switch the lasing wavelengths across a wide range due to relatively fixed energy bands in traditional semiconductors. Here, we report a strategy to switch the lasing wavelengths among multiple states based on a proton-controlled intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) process in organic dye-doped flexible microsphere resonant cavities. The protonic acids can effectively bind onto the ICT molecules, which thus enhance the ICT strength of the dyes and lead to a red-shifted gain behavior. On this basis, the gain region was effectively modulated by using acids with different proton-donating ability, and as a result, laser switching among multiple wavelengths was achieved. The results will provide guidance for the rational design of miniaturized lasers with performances based on the characteristic of organic optoelectronic materials.
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- Zhenhua Gao
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Tokyo Metropolitan University , Minami-Osawa 1-1 , Hachioji , Tokyo 192-0397 , Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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Zhai T, Cao F, Chu S, Gong Q, Zhang X. Continuously tunable distributed feedback polymer laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:4491-4497. [PMID: 29475299 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.004491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A fanshaped structure is proposed to achieve a continuously tunable polymer laser. The structure with gradual periods is fabricated by electron beam lithography, which acts as a distributed feedback cavity for the polymer laser. A light-emitting polymer is spin-coated on the cavity to form an active layer. The pump beam is focused by a cylindrical lens to a narrow stripe on the sample surface. When the position of the pump stripe on the fanshaped cavity is changed from long period (370 nm) to short period (340 nm) and vice versa, the output wavelength of the laser is continuously tuned from 584 nm to 552 nm. Tuning behavior can be interpreted by the Bragg condition. These results can be used to explore compact laser sources.
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Dong H, Zhang C, Liu Y, Yan Y, Hu F, Zhao YS. Organic Microcrystal Vibronic Lasers with Full-Spectrum Tunable Output beyond the Franck-Condon Principle. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201712524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Haiyun Dong
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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- College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
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- College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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Dong H, Zhang C, Liu Y, Yan Y, Hu F, Zhao YS. Organic Microcrystal Vibronic Lasers with Full-Spectrum Tunable Output beyond the Franck-Condon Principle. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:3108-3112. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Haiyun Dong
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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- College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
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- College of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 China
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Tang B, Zhang H, Cheng X, Ye K, Zhang H. 1,3-Diaryl-β-diketone Organic Crystals with Red Amplified Spontaneous Emission. Chempluschem 2016; 81:1320-1325. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201600451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Baolei Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; College of Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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Wei Y, Dong H, Wei C, Zhang W, Yan Y, Zhao YS. Wavelength-Tunable Microlasers Based on the Encapsulation of Organic Dye in Metal-Organic Frameworks. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:7424-9. [PMID: 27314453 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201601844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A wavelength-tunable microlaser is realized based on the controlled intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process in dye-encapsulated metal-organic framework (MOF) material. The confinement effect of the MOFs is beneficial for low-threshold lasing. By effectively controlling the polarity of the MOF pores, the population distribution between the locally excited and ICT states is continuously modulated, thus achieving broadband tunable MOF-based microlasers.
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- Yanhui Wei
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
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Dong H, Zhang C, Yao J, Zhao YS. Wavelength-Controlled Organic Microlasers Based on Polymorphism-Dependent Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Process. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:2656-2661. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Haiyun Dong
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100190 China), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Dong H, Wei Y, Zhang W, Wei C, Zhang C, Yao J, Zhao YS. Broadband Tunable Microlasers Based on Controlled Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Process in Organic Supramolecular Microcrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:1118-21. [PMID: 26756966 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wavelength tunable micro/nanolasers are indispensable components for various photonic devices. Here, we report broadband tunable microlasers built by incorporating a highly polarized organic intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) compound with a supramolecular host. The spatial confinement of the ICT dye generates an optimized energy level system that favors controlled population distribution between the locally excited (LE) state and the twisted intramolecular charge-transfer (TICT) state, which is beneficial for significantly broadening the tailorable gain region. As a result, we realized a wide tuning of lasing wavelength in the organic supramolecular microcrystals based on temperature-controlled population transfer from the LE to TICT state. The results will provide a useful enlightenment for the rational design of miniaturized lasers with desired performances.
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- Haiyun Dong
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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Carbon-bridged oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s for photostable and broadly tunable, solution-processable thin film organic lasers. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8458. [PMID: 26416643 PMCID: PMC4598723 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Thin film organic lasers represent a new generation of inexpensive, mechanically flexible devices for spectroscopy, optical communications and sensing. For this purpose, it is desired to develop highly efficient, stable, wavelength-tunable and solution-processable organic laser materials. Here we report that carbon-bridged oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s serve as optimal materials combining all these properties simultaneously at the level required for applications by demonstrating amplified spontaneous emission and distributed feedback laser devices. A series of six compounds, with the repeating unit from 1 to 6, doped into polystyrene films undergo amplified spontaneous emission from 385 to 585 nm with remarkably low threshold and high net gain coefficients, as well as high photostability. The fabricated lasers show narrow linewidth (<0.13 nm) single mode emission at very low thresholds (0.7 kW cm−2), long operational lifetimes (>105 pump pulses for oligomers with three to six repeating units) and wavelength tunability across the visible spectrum (408–591 nm). Thin film organic solid-state lasers are low-cost flexible devices which require efficient, stable, colour-tunable, solution-processable materials. Here, the authors show that oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s simultaneously possess all such properties, as demonstrated by their use in laser devices.
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Song C, Zhou Y, Sun Z, Chen T, Zhang S, Luo J. Crystal structure, spectroscopic studies and non-linear optical properties of 2-amino-3-nitropyridinium trichloroacetate. CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.201500056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Cheng Song
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang Jiangxi 330022 PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangxi Normal University; Nanchang Jiangxi 330022 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry; Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fuzhou Fujian 350002 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry; Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fuzhou Fujian 350002 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry; Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fuzhou Fujian 350002 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry; Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fuzhou Fujian 350002 PR China
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Yang Y, Zhou Y, Liao Z, Yu J, Cui Y, Garcia-Moreno I, Wang Z, Costela A, Qian G. Mechanically tunable organic vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) for highly sensitive stress probing in dual-modes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:4385-4396. [PMID: 25836475 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.004385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Herein, we report a straight forward stress probing method based on mechanically tunable organic VCSELs via dual detecting-modes. By designing the active layer thickness, uploaded stress was measured simultaneously by the laser wavelength and mode separations, facilitating highly sensitive stress detection in broad ranges. Single-mode laser emission with low threshold and narrow line-width was characterized, which could be tuned continuously within 8 nm. The probing sensitivity and resolution were estimated to be 60 Pa and 5.6 nm/KPa respectively, which were ~160-folds higher than previous results.
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Camposeo A, Del Carro P, Persano L, Cyprych K, Szukalski A, Sznitko L, Mysliwiec J, Pisignano D. Physically transient photonics: random versus distributed feedback lasing based on nanoimprinted DNA. ACS NANO 2014; 8:10893-8. [PMID: 25265371 PMCID: PMC4212788 DOI: 10.1021/nn504720b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Room-temperature nanoimprinted, DNA-based distributed feedback (DFB) laser operation at 605 nm is reported. The laser is made of a pure DNA host matrix doped with gain dyes. At high excitation densities, the emission of the untextured dye-doped DNA films is characterized by a broad emission peak with an overall line width of 12 nm and superimposed narrow peaks, characteristic of random lasing. Moreover, direct patterning of the DNA films is demonstrated with a resolution down to 100 nm, enabling the realization of both surface-emitting and edge-emitting DFB lasers with a typical line width of <0.3 nm. The resulting emission is polarized, with a ratio between the TE- and TM-polarized intensities exceeding 30. In addition, the nanopatterned devices dissolve in water within less than 2 min. These results demonstrate the possibility of realizing various physically transient nanophotonics and laser architectures, including random lasing and nanoimprinted devices, based on natural biopolymers.
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- Andrea Camposeo
- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
- Address correspondence to ,
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “Ennio De Giorgi”, Università del Salento, via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
- Address correspondence to ,
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Foucher C, Guilhabert B, Herrnsdorf J, Laurand N, Dawson MD. Diode-pumped, mechanically-flexible polymer DFB laser encapsulated by glass membranes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:24160-24168. [PMID: 25321991 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.024160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A diode-pumped, mechanically-flexible organic distributed-feedback laser that is fully encapsulated with ultra-thin glass is reported. The organic laser is excited by 450 nm laser diode and emits at 537 nm with an oscillation threshold of 290 W/cm². The encapsulation format of the device results in a photostability that is improved by two orders of magnitude compared to a non-encapsulated reference device while maintaining mechanical flexibility thanks to an overall device thickness below 105 µm. The laser is also wavelength-tunable between 535 nm and 545 nm by bending the ultra-thin glass structure.
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Tsiminis G, Wang Y, Kanibolotsky AL, Inigo AR, Skabara PJ, Samuel IDW, Turnbull GA. Nanoimprinted organic semiconductor laser pumped by a light-emitting diode. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2013; 25:2826-2830. [PMID: 23580437 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201205096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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An organic semiconductor laser, simply fabricated by UV-nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL), that is pumped with a pulsed InGaN LED is demonstrated. Molecular weight optimization of the polymer gain medium on a nanoimprinted polymer distributed feedback resonator enables the lowest reported UV-NIL laser threshold density of 770 W cm(-2) , establishing the potential for scalable organic laser fabrication compatible with mass-produced LEDs.
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- Georgios Tsiminis
- Organic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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