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N,N'-Bis(3-methylphenyl)- N,N'-dyphenylbenzidine Based Distributed Feedback Lasers with Holographically Fabricated Polymeric Resonators. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13213843. [PMID: 34771398 PMCID: PMC8587923 DOI: 10.3390/polym13213843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The molecule N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-dyphenylbenzidine (TPD) has been widely used in optoelectronic applications, mainly for its hole-transporting properties, but also for its capability to emit blue light and amplified spontaneous emission, which is important for the development of organic lasers. Here, we report deep-blue-emitting distributed feedback (DFB) lasers based on TPD dispersed in polystyrene (PS), as active media, and dichromated gelatin layers with holographically engraved relief gratings, as laser resonators. The effect of the device architecture (with the resonator located below or on top of the active layer) is investigated with a dye (TPD) that can be doped into PS at higher rates (up to 60 wt%), than with previously used dyes (<5 wt%). This has enabled changing the index contrast between film and resonator, which has an important effect on the laser performance. With regards to thresholds, both architectures behave similarly for TPD concentrations above 20 wt%, while for lower concentrations, top-layer resonator devices show lower values (around half). Remarkably, the operational durability of top-layer resonator devices is larger (in a factor of around 2), independently of the TPD concentration. This is a consequence of the protection offered by the resonator against dye photo-oxidation when the device is illuminated with pulsed UV light.
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Yamazawa C, Hirano Y, Imoto H, Tsutsumi N, Naka K. Superior light-resistant dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]arsole-based polymers exhibiting ultrastable amplified spontaneous emission. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:1595-1598. [PMID: 33480894 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07521c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Herein, by amplified spontaneous emission measurements, dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]arsole (DTA)-bithiophene (DTA-BT) and DTA-ethynylbenzene (DTA-EB) polymer films exhibited considerable photostability under continuous pulsed pumping excitation for at least 15 h at the pumping energies, 28.9 and 20.7 μJ, respectively, showing an outstanding high light-resistance among the polymer-based gain media.
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- Chieko Yamazawa
- Faculty of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Goshokaido-cho, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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Organic Semiconductor Micro/Nanocrystals for Laser Applications. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26040958. [PMID: 33670286 PMCID: PMC7918292 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26040958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Organic semiconductor micro/nanocrystals (OSMCs) have attracted great attention due to their numerous advantages such us free grain boundaries, minimal defects and traps, molecular diversity, low cost, flexibility and solution processability. Due to all these characteristics, they are strong candidates for the next generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices. In this review, we present a comprehensive overview of these OSMCs, discussing molecular packing, the methods to control crystallization and their applications to the area of organic solid-state lasers. Special emphasis is given to OSMC lasers which self-assemble into geometrically defined optical resonators owing to their attractive prospects for tuning/control of light emission properties through geometrical resonator design. The most recent developments together with novel strategies for light emission tuning and effective light extraction are presented.
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Controlling the emission properties of solution-processed organic distributed feedback lasers through resonator design. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11159. [PMID: 31371733 PMCID: PMC6671999 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47589-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Surface-emitting distributed feedback (DFB) lasers with both, resonator and active material based on solution-processable polymers, are attractive light sources for a variety of low-cost applications. Besides, the lasers should have competitive characteristics compared to devices based on high-quality inorganic resonators. Here, we report high performing all-solution-processed organic DFB lasers, consisting of water-processed photoresist layers with surface relief gratings located over the active films, whose emission properties can be finely tuned through resonator design. Their laser threshold and efficiency are simultaneously optimized by proper selection of residual resist thickness and grating depth, d. Lowest thresholds and largest efficiencies are obtained when there is no residual layer, while a trade-off between threshold and efficiency is found in relation to d, because both parameters decrease with decreasing d. This behaviour is successfully explained in terms of an overlap factor r, defined to quantify the interaction strength between the grating and the light emitted by the active film and traveling along it, via the evanescent field. It is found that optimal grating depths are in the range 100–130 nm (r ~ 0.5−0.4). Overall, this study provides comprehensive design rules towards an accurate control of the emission properties of the reported lasers.
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Solution-processed nanographene distributed feedback lasers. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3327. [PMID: 31346182 PMCID: PMC6658550 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11336-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The chemical synthesis of nanographene molecules constitutes the bottom-up approach toward graphene, simultaneously providing rational chemical design, structure-property control and exploitation of their semiconducting and luminescence properties. Here, we report nanographene-based lasers from three zigzag-edged polycyclic aromatics. The devices consist of a passive polymer film hosting the nanographenes and a top-layer polymeric distributed feedback resonator. Both the active material and the laser resonator are processed from solution, key for the purpose of obtaining low-cost devices with mechanical flexibility. The prepared lasers show narrow linewidth ( < 0.13 nm) emission at different spectral regions covering a large segment of the visible spectrum, and up to the vicinity of the near-infrared. They show outstandingly long operational lifetimes (above 105 pump pulses) and very low thresholds. These results represent a significant step forward in the field of graphene and broaden its versatility in low-cost devices implying light emission, such as lasers. Chemically synthesized graphene nanosheets offer device design flexibility and improved optoelectronic performance. Here, the authors report solution-processed distributed feedback lasers with graphene nanosheets as active media having linewidths < 0.13 nm, long operational lifetimes and low thresholds.
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Kang JS, Kang JG, Sohn Y, Leung KT. Blue-Light-Emitting Photostable Hybrid Films for High-Efficiency Large-Area Light Converter and Photonic Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:44768-44775. [PMID: 30485064 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b17256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A blue fluorophore of Schiff base zinc complex is prepared by a hydrolysis-free solution-based synthetic method. Under ultraviolet (UV) excitation, the complex produces blue emission with a quantum yield ( Q) of 42.6% in methylene chloride and 24.0% in standalone powder form. Quantum mechanical calculations show that the blue emission is generated by the change in the chemical state of the ligand associated with the complexation with Zn cations. Thin films of Zn complexes incorporated in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) polymers are also prepared by dispersing the complexes into the polymer matrices. These hybrid polymer films exhibit several notable features, particularly enhanced luminescence efficiency (with maximum Q of 85.8% for PMMA and 30.0% for CAB) and scalability for fabrication over a large area while retaining the original properties of the host polymers. Light-emitting diodes are also fabricated using the CAB hybrid thin films, and they show a Q of 43.2% with excellent photostability. The complex and its hybrid films demonstrate their great potential for such applications as UV-to-blue conversion devices in photoelectronics, solar-cell concentrators, solid-state lighting and display, and greenhouse agriculture.
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- Jung-Soo Kang
- WATLab and Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , Chungnam National University , Daejeon 34134 , Republic of Korea
- ReSEAT Program , Korea Institute Science and Technology Information , Daejeon 34141 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Chungnam National University , Daejeon 34134 , Republic of Korea
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- WATLab and Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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Bastos A, McKenna B, Lima M, André PS, Carlos LD, Evans RC, Ferreira RAS. Flexible Optical Amplifier for Visible-Light Communications Based on Organic-Inorganic Hybrids. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:13772-13781. [PMID: 31458077 PMCID: PMC6644746 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Visible-light communications (VLCs) based on white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are emerging as a low-cost and energy-efficient alternative solution to wireless communications. As white emitting LEDs use a combination of a long-lived yellow emission combined with the faster response of a blue emitting LED (∼460 nm), VLC technology requires amplification of the blue component to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. We report the fabrication and characterization of planar and channel waveguides based on a blue-emitting polyfluorene conjugated polyelectrolyte, namely, poly[9,9-bis(4-sulfonylbutoxyphenyl)fluorene-2,7-diyl-alt-1,4-phenylene] (PBS-PFP) incorporated into diureasil organic-inorganic hybrids for optical amplification in VLC. Taking advantage of the diureasil host as a UV self-patternable material, direct UV laser writing was used to pattern channel waveguides with a larger refractive index (Δn=0.09) compared to the nonexposed region, enabling confinement and guidance of the PBS-PFP emission with a maximum optical gain efficiency value of 1.62 ± 0.02 cm μJ-1. This value is among the best figures of merit known for polymeric materials with additional advantages added by the diureasil hybrid host, namely, mechanical flexibility, thermal stability, and low insertion losses due to the nearly null refractive index contrast between the optical fiber and the amplification device, establishing the proposed approach as a promising cost-effective solution for optical amplification in VLCs.
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- Ana Bastos
- Department
of Physics, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of
Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- School
of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department
of Physics, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of
Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto
de Telecomunicações and Department of Electric and Computer
Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department
of Physics, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of
Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department
of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University
of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials and Department of
Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Li Z, Hu P, Zhu J, Gao Y, Xiong X, Liu R. Conjugated Carbazole-Based Schiff Bases as Photoinitiators: From Facile Synthesis to Efficient Two-Photon Polymerization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.29254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Zhiquan Li
- International Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210093 China
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- International Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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Bai L, Liu B, Han Y, Yu M, Wang J, Zhang X, Ou C, Lin J, Zhu W, Xie L, Yin C, Zhao J, Wang J, Bradley DDC, Huang W. Steric-Hindrance-Functionalized Polydiarylfluorenes: Conformational Behavior, Stabilized Blue Electroluminescence, and Efficient Amplified Spontaneous Emission. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:37856-37863. [PMID: 28991431 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Control of the hierarchical molecular organization of polydiarylfluorenes by synthetic strategies is significant for optimizing photophysical properties as well as the performance of light-emitting devices. Herein, for the suppression of molecular aggregation and enhancement of luminescence efficiency, a series of steric units were introduced into polydiarylfluorenes by copolymerization, with the aim of integrating the advantages of the steric-hindrance effect and of the β-phase. Optical and Raman spectroscopies revealed a β-phase conformation for a polymer copolymerized with spiro[fluorene-9,9'-xanthene] (SFX), with photoluminescence (PL) peaks at 454, 482, and 517 nm. Moreover, the morphological stability and electroluminescence (EL) stability were also improved without compromising the performance of the polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). Furthermore, three steric-hindrance-functionalized copolymers showed significantly decreased thresholds for amplified spontaneous emission (EthASE) and enhanced stability following thermal annealing treatment. These results indicate that steric-hindrance functionalization is a superior approach to improve the overall stability and optoelectronic properties for blue-light-emitting π-conjugated polymers.
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- Lubing Bai
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Departments of Engineering Science and Physics and Division of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, Oxford University , 9 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PD, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) , 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) , 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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Cegielski PJ, Neutzner S, Porschatis C, Lerch H, Bolten J, Suckow S, Kandada ARS, Chmielak B, Petrozza A, Wahlbrink T, Giesecke AL. Integrated perovskite lasers on a silicon nitride waveguide platform by cost-effective high throughput fabrication. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:13199-13206. [PMID: 28788855 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.013199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Metal-halide perovskites are a class of solution processed materials with remarkable optoelectronic properties such as high photoluminescence quantum yields and long carrier lifetimes, which makes them promising for a wide range of efficient photonic devices. In this work, we demonstrate the first successful integration of a perovskite laser onto a silicon nitride photonic chip. High throughput, low cost optical lithography is used, followed by indirect structuring of the perovskite waveguide. We embed methylammonium lead tri-iodide (MAPbI3) in a pre-patterned race-track microresonator and couple the emitted light to an integrated photonic waveguide. We clearly observe the build-up of spectrally narrow lasing modes at room temperature upon a pump threshold fluence of 19.6 µJcm-2. Our results evidence the possibility of on-chip lasers based on metal-halide perovskites with industry relevance on a commercially available dielectric photonic platform, which is a step forward towards low-cost integrated photonic devices.
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