Nanoimprinted polymer lasers with threshold below 100 W/cm² using mixed-order distributed feedback resonators

TY - JOUR

T1 - Nanoimprinted polymer lasers with threshold below 100 W/cm2 using mixed-order distributed feedback resonators

AU - Wang, Yue

AU - Tsiminis, Georgios

AU - Kanibolotsky, Alexander L.

AU - Skabara, Peter J.

AU - Samuel, Ifor D W

AU - Turnbull, Graham A.

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - Organic semiconductor lasers were fabricated by UVnanoimprint 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 greenemitting 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.

AB - Organic semiconductor lasers were fabricated by UVnanoimprint 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 greenemitting 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.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879403397&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1364/OE.21.014362

DO - 10.1364/OE.21.014362

M3 - Article

C2 - 23787624

AN - SCOPUS:84879403397

SN - 1094-4087

VL - 21

SP - 14362

EP - 14367

JO - Optics Express

JF - Optics Express

IS - 12

ER -