An ultra-narrow linewidth solution-processed organic laser

Oussama Mhibik; Sebastien Forget; Dan Ott; George Venus; Ivan Divliansky; Leonid Glebov; Sebastien Chénais

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.26

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An ultra-narrow linewidth solution-processed organic laser

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- An ultra-narrow linewidth solution-processed organic laser
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 5, Issue 1, (2016)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
  2.CNRS, UMR 7538, LPL, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
  3.CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162700, Orlando, FL 32816-2700, USA
- Author bio：
  
  O Mhibik, Email: oussama.mhibik@univ-paris13.fr
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.26
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- Published：2016-03，
  
  Published Online：26 September 2015，
  
  Received：07 May 2015，
  
  Revised：15 September 2015，
  
  Accepted：22 September 2015
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Mhibik, O. et al. An ultra-narrow linewidth solution-processed organic laser. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16026 (2016).
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Mhibik, O. et al. An ultra-narrow linewidth solution-processed organic laser. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16026 (2016). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.26.

摘要

Abstract

Optically pumped lasers based on solution-processed thin-film gain media have recently emerged as low-cost

broadly tunable

and versatile active photonics components that can fit any substrate and are useful for

e.g.

chemo- or biosensing or visible spectroscopy. Although single-mode operation has been demonstrated in various resonator architectures with a large variety of gain media—including dye-doped polymers

organic semiconductors

and

more recently

hybrid perovskites—the reported linewidths are typically on the order of a fraction of a nanometer or broader

i.e.

the coherence lengths are no longer than a few millimeters

which does not enable high-resolution spectroscopy or coherent sensing. The linewidth is fundamentally constrained by the short photon cavity lifetime in the standard resonator geometries. We demonstrate here a novel structure for an organic thin-film solid-state laser that is based on a vertical external cavity

wherein a holographic volume Bragg grating ensures both spectral selection and output coupling in an otherwise very compact (~cm

) design. Under short-pulse (0.4 ns) pumping

Fourier-transform-limited laser pulses are obtained

with a full width at half-maximum linewidth of 900 MHz (1.25 pm). Using 20-ns-long pump pulses

the linewidth can be further reduced to 200 MHz (0.26 pm)

which is four times above the Four

ier limit and corresponds to an unprecedented coherence length of 1 m. The concept is potentially transferrable to any type of thin-film laser and can be ultimately made tunable; it also represents a very compact alternative to bulky grating systems in dye lasers.

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narrow linewidthorganic lasersVECSELvolume Bragg grating

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