A two-photon pumped polyfluorene laser

Georgios Tsiminis; Arvydas Ruseckas; Ifor D. W. Samuel; Graham A. Turnbull

doi:10.1063/1.3149827

A two-photon pumped polyfluorene laser

Georgios Tsiminis, Arvydas Ruseckas, Ifor D. W. Samuel, Graham A. Turnbull

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Abstract

A tunable two-photon pumped solid-state laser based on polyfluorene is reported. A detailed investigation of the two-photon absorption in polyfluorene for both nanosecond and femtosecond time regimes in solution, and solid-state allows the determination of the most favorable conditions for lasing. Tunable distributed feedback lasers are made by spin coating from a polyfluorene solution on corrugated silica substrates and lasing is achieved under two-photon excitation at 640 nm with an absorbed energy density at lasing threshold of 1.3 mJ/cm(2). These results highlight an alternative pumping scheme for blue organic semiconductor lasers.

Original language	English
Article number	253304
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3149827
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2009

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers
high-speed optical techniques
laser tuning
optical pumping
organic semiconductors
polymers
semiconductor lasers
two-photon processes
DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK
CONJUGATED POLYMERS
ABSORPTION
DIODES

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EP/E062636/1 Polymer Photonic Devices: The Physics of Polymer Photonic Devices: Experiment and Theory
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI) & Turnbull, G. (CoI)
EPSRC
1/07/08 → 30/06/11
Project: Standard
EPSRC Advanced Organic Optoelectronic Ma: Advanced Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI)
EPSRC
1/01/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Standard
EPSRC AOOMD Fellowship: Advanced Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Samuel, I. D. W. (PI)
EPSRC
1/03/06 → 28/02/11
Project: Fellowship

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