Kumar B, Schulz SA, Sebbah P. Temperature-controlled spectral tuning of a single wavelength polymer-based solid-state random laser.
OPTICS EXPRESS 2024;
32:4317-4326. [PMID:
38297635 DOI:
10.1364/oe.505162]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
Abstract
We demonstrate temperature-controlled spectral tunability of a partially-pumped single-wavelength random laser in a solid-state random laser based on DCM [4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran] doped PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) dye. By carefully shaping the spatial profile of the pump, we first achieve a low-threshold, single-mode random lasing with an excellent side lobe rejection. Notably, we show how temperature-induced changes in the refractive index of the PMMA-DCM layer result in a blue shift of this single lasing mode. We demonstrate spectral tunability over an 8nm-wide bandwidth.
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