Laser Diode-Pumped Organic Semiconductor Lasers Utilizing Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Resonators

Author

Karnutsch, Christian ; Stroisch, Marc ; Punke, Martin ; Lemmer, Uli ; Wang, Jing ; Weimann, Thomas

Author_Institution

Light Technol. Inst., Karlsruhe Univ.

Volume

19

Issue

10

fYear

2007

fDate

5/15/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

741

Lastpage

743

Abstract

Two-dimensional photonic crystal lasers based on the small molecule organic semiconductor tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq ₃) doped with 4-Dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM) are optically pumped with a conventional low-cost pulsed (In)GaN laser diode. We compare photonic crystal resonators providing first- and second-order distributed feedback and find threshold values of 1.9 and 3.2kW/cm², respectively. Such inorganic-organic hybrid laser systems open up a way to inexpensive, tunable, and all solid-state lasers in the full visible wavelength range

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; organic semiconductors; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; (In)GaN; (In)GaN laser diode; DCM-doped Alq₃; all-solid-state lasers; distributed feedback; inorganic-organic hybrid laser; laser diode pumping; optical pumping; organic semiconductor lasers; photonic crystal lasers; photonic crystal resonators; pulsed laser diode; small molecule organic semiconductor; tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum; tunable lasers; two-dimensional resonators; visible wavelength lasers; Aluminum; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Optical resonators; Organic semiconductors; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; $hbox{Alq}_{3}$ : DCM; organic semiconductor laser; photonic crystal; solid-state laser; tunable laser;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.895894

Filename

4156231