Study of lasing action based on Förster energy transfer in optically pumped organic semiconductor thin films

Autor: G. Parthasarathy, Mark E. Thompson, Paul E. Burrows, Marc A. Baldo, V. B. Khalfin, V. G. Kozlov, S. R. Forrest, Vladimir Bulovic, Y. You
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN: 1089-7550
0021-8979
DOI: 10.1063/1.368624
Popis: We present a study of optically pumped waveguide and microcavity lasers based on vacuum-deposited thin films of small molecular weight organic semiconductors. Lasing action in waveguide lasers is characterized by high output peak power (50 W), high differential quantum efficiency (70%), low lasing threshold (1 μJ/cm2), and long operational lifetime (>106 laser pulses at 100 times the threshold pump power). Microcavity laser characteristics include 3 W peak output power, 300 μJ/cm2 lasing threshold, and lifetimes of >106 pump laser pulses (operating at 6 times the threshold power). We demonstrate wavelength variability from 460 to 700 nm by changing the composition of the organic films. The confinement of excitations on the dopant molecules leads to quantum dot-like behavior such as high temperature stability of the lasing threshold, output power, and emission wavelength in the temperature range from 0 to 140 °C. The linewidth of laser emission from microcavity structures is found to be 0.2±0.1 A and is tr...
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