Temperature-controlled spectral tuning of a single wavelength polymer-based solid-state random laser

Bhupesh Kumar; Sebastian Andreas Schulz; Patrick  Sebbah

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Temperature-controlled spectral tuning of a single wavelength polymer-based solid-state random laser

Bhupesh Kumar^*, Sebastian Andreas Schulz, Patrick Sebbah^*

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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 low-threshold, single-mode random lasing with excellent side lobes 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4317-4326
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	32
Issue number	3
Early online date	25 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.505162
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2024

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