Multi-state lasing in self-assembled ring-shaped green fluorescent protein microcavities

C.P. Dietrich, S. Höfling, M.C. Gather

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Abstract

We demonstrate highly efficient lasing from multiple photonic states in microcavities filled with self-assembled rings of recombinant enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) in its solid state form. The lasing regime is achieved at very low excitation energies of 13 nJ and occurs from cavity modes dispersed in both energy and momentum. We attribute the momentum distribution to very efficient scattering of incident light at the surface of the eGFP rings. The distribution of lasing states in energy is induced by the large spectral width of the gain spectrum of recombinant eGFP (FWHM ≅ 25 nm).
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume105
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2014

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