Nanoimprinted polymer lasers with threshold below 100 W/cm2 using mixed-order distributed feedback resonators
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17/06/2013Author
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EP/F059922/1
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Organic semiconductor lasers were fabricated by UV-nanoimprint lithography with thresholds as low as 57 W/cm2 under 4 ns pulsed operation. The nanoimprinted lasers employed mixed-order distributed feedback resonators, with second-order gratings surrounded by first-order gratings, combined with a light-emitting conjugated polymer. They were pumped by InGaN LEDs to produce green-emitting lasers, with thresholds of 208 W/cm2 (102 nJ/pulse). These hybrid lasers incorporate a scalable UV-nanoimprint lithography process, compatible with high-performance LEDs, therefore we have demonstrated a coherent, compact, low-cost light source.
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Wang , Y , Tsiminis , G , Kanibolotsky , A L , Skabara , P J , Samuel , I D W & Turnbull , G A 2013 , ' Nanoimprinted polymer lasers with threshold below 100 W/cm 2 using mixed-order distributed feedback resonators ' , Optics Express , vol. 21 , no. 12 , pp. 14362-14367 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.014362
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Optics Express
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Peer reviewed
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1094-4087Type
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(c) 2013 OSA. This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-21-12-14362
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