染料掺杂手性向列相液晶器件中实现随机激光辐射

设计制作了染料掺杂手性向列相液晶器件,研究了其随机激光辐射行为。均匀混合激光染料DCM和PM597、手性剂S-811、向列相液晶TEB30A,注入无摩擦取向的40μm液晶盒,制成焦锥织构态的手性向列相液晶激光器件。采用固体Nd:YAG倍频532nm波长的脉冲激光作为抽运光泵浦样品。掺杂激光染料PM597和DCM的液晶器件分别在575～588nm和600～620nm范围显示了尖锐、分立的随机激光辐射峰,线宽约为0.3nm。探测了器件在不同方向上的激光辐射谱,在与样品表面夹角约为45°～150°的范围内均能探测到随机激光。在器件中,手性向列相液晶焦锥织构态对光的强散射作用是随机激光产生的主要原因。     

染料掺杂胆甾相液晶激光器的特性研究

研制了染料掺杂胆甾相液晶激光器,测试分析了器件激光输出特性。将激光染料DCM、手性剂S-811、液晶TEB30A按一定比例混合,注入摩擦取向的液晶盒中,形成平面态排列的胆甾相液晶激光器件。利用532 nm波段的Nd:YAG脉冲倍频激光泵浦液晶器件,获得了禁带边沿激光输出,测量分析了激光能量阈值特性与激光光斑能量分布特点。液晶激光器在光子禁带边沿607 nm和680 nm处获得激光输出,线宽小于0.5 nm。在液晶器件中,光子禁带边缘处光子态密度最大,此处器件阈值较低,容易产生激光辐射。     

向列相液晶激光器件侧面辐射谱研究

研究了向列相液晶激光器件侧面激光辐射谱,并深入分析了激光辐射机制。分别制备了传统液晶盒和引入SU-8光栅结构的两种器件,并注入向列相液晶TEB30A和激光染料PM597的混合物。利用Nd:YAG固体脉冲激光器倍频出的532 nm激光作为泵浦源正面入射器件,侧面探测激光辐射谱。在传统液晶盒器件侧面,测得575～600 nm范围的随机激光辐射谱。而具有周期100μm和8μm的SU-8光栅结构器件侧面,获得了多波长激光辐射谱。随着泵浦能量增大,最高强度激光辐射峰波长位置出现在583～585 nm和588～592 nm附近,FWHM约0.3 nm。基于光波导理论结合器件结构分析得出,在传统液晶盒中引入SU-8光栅结构增强了液晶器件的光波导效应,是获得多波长激光辐射谱的主要原因。     

染料掺杂手性向列相液晶激光器的制备和研究

设计制作了PM597染料掺杂手性向列相液晶器件,研究了其激光辐射行为。混合激光染料PM597、手性剂S-811、向列相液晶TEB30A,制成平面态织构的手性向列相液晶激光器件。采用固体Nd∶YAG倍频532nm波长激光作为抽运光,在光子禁带短波和长波边沿同时获得波长分别为571.1、615.5nm的激光输出。对于器件产生激光辐射的机理,采用光子态密度理论进行了分析,根据实际样品各成分的配比,模拟出态密度随波长的变化曲线。在器件中,光子禁带边沿处光子态密度最大,此处器件阈值较低,容易产生激光辐射。     

光子晶体光纤载体中液晶随机激光辐射行为

将向列相液晶TEB30A、手性剂S-811、激光染料PM597的混合物填充空芯光子晶体光纤中,以Nd: YAG倍频532 nm激光作为泵浦光源,测量激光辐射谱,研究了光子晶体光纤载体中的随机激光辐射行为。泵浦激光侧面入射,侧面出射随机激光波长范围为590~605 nm,半高全宽约为0.3 nm;辐射方向较广。泵浦光端面入射,端面出射随机激光波长范围为580~605 nm,半高全宽约为0.3 nm。加热样品至各向同性温度时,端面和侧面激光辐射被关断。由实验结果得出,光子晶体中随机激光辐射源于微孔中填充的染料掺杂液晶混合物。手性向列相液晶中光子传输平均自由程和液晶分子介电张量的涨落随温度的变化,是影响出射激光强度的主要因素。     

利用染料掺杂双频率液晶胶体材料制备反射式直视显示器

利用染料掺杂双频率液晶胶体材料制备了一种对比度高、响应速度快且无需偏光片的反射式显示器。器件的高对比度是由于聚合物胶体材料对光的散射和黑色染料分子对光的吸收。对双频率液晶材料进行频率调制使得器件产生较快的响应速度。     

三甲川菁染料绿光高密度光存储研究

利用旋涂法制备了三甲川菁染料掺杂高分子薄膜,室温下采用波长为532nm、数值孔径为0.65聚焦物镜的绿光存储装置研究了该染料薄膜的光存储特性。结果表明,三甲川菁染料薄膜在420nm～590nm区域内有两个吸收峰,可作为与532nm绿光半导体激光器相匹配的光存储材料。在激光功率为15mW、刻录速度1m/s的条件下,得到了记录线宽约600nm、反射率对比度为21%的结果。     

甲基红掺杂液晶E7的光限幅特性研究

研究了甲基红染料掺杂的液晶混合物E7对波长为 5 32nm的纳秒脉冲激光的光限幅特性 ,观察了激光通过液晶盒后的远场光强分布及其随入射光能量的变化。实验发现 ,对于厚度为 4 6 μm ,重量体积比为 6mg/ 0 5ml的甲基红染料掺杂的液晶混合物E7薄膜 ,其最初三次测试的箝位输出值分别为 0 70 μJ,1.0 0 μJ和 1 5 2 μJ ,输入限幅阈值在 2 3～ 2 8μJ之间。这种薄膜的极低箝位输出特性对用于人眼和传感器保护的光限幅应用很有意义     

改变直流电场方向调控聚合物稳定胆甾相液晶的反射带隙

具有宽带反射特性的胆甾相液晶在众多领域有广泛的应用前景。为了拓展调控反射带隙的方法,实现在所需波谱范围内的带隙调控,本文通过添加紫外吸收染料,制备了一种聚合物网络梯度分布的新型聚合物稳定胆甾相液晶器件。实验结果表明,聚合物网络的梯度分布使液晶盒上下表面附近的聚合物网络弹性产生了显著的差异,因此,其电诱导的反射带隙拓宽可以改变直流电场的方向进行调谐。当液晶盒厚度为40μm,染料浓度为1.2%的PSCLC,在施加12V的直流电场时,面向光源为正极时的反射带隙位于570～778nm,改变电场方向后,反射带隙红移至598～816nm。这项研究为宽带反射胆甾相液晶材料提供了一种新的策略,在智能窗户、激光防护、数据存储等方面具有潜在的应用。     

532 nm波长激光实现偶氮聚合物液晶分子的双光子激发取向

我们对偶氮聚合物液晶进行超高密度存储机理研究。采用矾酸钇晶体倍频激光器输出的5 32 nm波长绿色激光照射偶氮聚合物液晶薄膜 ,发现了偶氮聚合物液晶薄膜样品在 2 6 5 nm吸收峰处的双光子激发光致取向现象。实验采用侧链型偶氮聚合物液晶材料 ,其 THF溶液在玻璃基片上干燥后形成厚度为 5 0μm左右的各向同性固态薄膜样品。使用的激光平均功率为 30 m W,通过偏振片照射于液晶薄膜样品表面。探测光源为 He- Ne激光器 ,波长为 6 32 .8nm,功率为 2 m W。在探测光路中 ,薄膜样品处于一对正交偏振片之间。固态薄膜样品在波长 5 32 nm处为弱背…     

Switchable Random Laser From Dye-Doped Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Waveguides

A dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film has been fabricated for random lasing action. In this PDLC film, the sizes of most liquid crystal (LC) droplets ranged from 200 to 500 nm. When the sample is optically pumped, ultrahigh Q (>10 000) lasing modes and a collimated laser beam can be observed. The threshold of the random laser is shown to be 0.23 mJ/cm². Additionally, a 9.2-V/mum external electric field was applied to control the orientations of LC molecules, thereby obtaining a switchable random laser. Consequently, the linewidth, intensity, and polarization of the emitted random laser are controlled     

基于液晶/聚合物光栅选频的高效率有机半导体激光器

报道了一种基于液晶/聚合物光栅选频的高效率有机半导体激光器的制备方法。首先在一片玻璃基板上旋涂有机半导体荧光薄膜MEH-PPV作为增益介质,然后在其上通过光场中的定域光聚合制备液晶/聚合物光栅,形成分布式反馈(DFB)有机半导体激光器。激光出射阈值0.32μJ/pulse,斜率转化效率高达7.8%,呈现良好的s偏振特性。采集了激光束的光斑,轮廓清晰,呈现扇形结构。通过改变光栅周期,实现了53.4nm激光出射范围。本工作为新型有机激光器的制备提供了有益的指导和借鉴意义。     

Short‐Wavelength Lasing‐Spasing and Random Spasing with Deeply Subwavelength Thin‐Film Gain Media

Lasing‐spasers are subwavelength‐sized metal/dielectric structures that emit light via stimulated emission of surface plasmons. Here, it is demonstrated that silver nanoparticles combined with deeply subwavelength, blue‐emitting conjugated polymer thin films can function as room‐temperature lasing‐spasers and random spasers with quality factors up to 250. In contrast to other thin‐film‐based spaser and plasmonic random laser studies, which have used gain films ranging from ≈200 nm to 500 nm in thickness and which monitor emission guided to the sample edges, in this study, the thickness of the thin‐film gain medium ranges from 30 nm to 70 nm and emission is collected normal to the plane of the film. This eliminates effects that arise from optical trapping of scattered emission within the gain medium that is typically associated with plasmonic random lasing. The use of the conjugated polymer thin‐film gain medium allows higher chromophore densities compared to organic dye‐doped layers, which enables spasing using deeply subwavelength gain layers. Samples implementing gold nanoparticles and the conjugated polymer gain medium do not exhibit stimulated emission, demonstrating that it is the spectral overlap between the silver nanoparticle's surface plasmon resonance and the gain medium's emission that is necessary for observation of stimulated emission from this material system.     

Starch: Application of biopolymer in random lasing

Here we report on the possible application of starch as a dye-doped biopolymeric matrix designed for random lasing generation. Gelatinized biopolymer doped with Rhodamine 6G was used as light amplification medium as well as source of positive feedback which is originating from high surface roughness fluctuations. It is demonstrated that, applying the starch as a matrix for laser dye we can significantly increase photostability of laser emission with respect to other biopolymeric based systems which is great advantage of this material.     

Properties of two-photon pumped cavity lasing in novel dye dopedsolid matrices

Two-photon pumped frequency upconversion cavity lasing at ~600 nm is accomplished in three types of dye-doped solid rods pumped with ~10 ns and 1.06-μm IR laser pulses. The dopant is a new dye, trans-4-[p-(N-ethyl-N-(hydroxyethyl)amino)styryl]-N-methylpyridinium tetraphenylborate, abbreviated as ASPT, which possesses a greater two-photon absorption cross section and stronger upconversion fluorescence emission than common commercial dyes (such as rhodamine). Three different materials were chosen as solid matrices: poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), VYCOR porous glass, and sol-gel glass. Using a Q-switched Nd:YAG pulse laser as the pump source, strong cavity lasing could be achieved in these three ASPT doped solid rods as well as in ASPT solution in a liquid cell. The spectral, temporal, and spatial characteristics of the cavity lasing output have been systematically investigated. The measured output-input characteristics, lasing lifetime, and damage threshold for the three different rods are presented     

Random lasing from dye doped polymer within biological source scatters: The pomponia imperatorial cicada wing random nanostructures

Photonic structures found in biological organisms are often startling in their complexity and surprising in their optical function. In this paper we explore whether biologically derived nanostructures can be utilized to form the resonator structures of organic dye doped polymer lasers. Surprisingly, we find that the random nanostructures on the wing of the pomponia imperatoria cicada can support coherent random lasing when covered with a layer of dye doped polymer film. Due to the scattering role of cicada wing nanostructures, the device emits a resonant multimode peak centered at a wavelength of 605 nm with a mode linewidth of <0.55 nm and exhibits a threshold excitation intensity as low as 70.4 mW/cm². Our results indicate that abundant, naturally occurring biological nanostructures can provide effective platforms for the study of random lasing, and that the laser properties may provide insight into the degree of disorder exhibited by these natural structures.     

Electrical control of the distributed feedback organic semiconductor laser based on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal grating

In this paper, we demonstrate the electrical control of the distributed feedback (DFB) organic semiconductor laser based on a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (HPDLC) grating for the first time. The grating is fabricated on the top of the organic semiconductor film to act as an external feedback structure. Experimental results show that the lasing intensity can be decreased by increasing the external electric field, and the lasing wavelength exhibits a slight blue-shift of 1.4 nm during the modulation process, indicating a good stability. The modulated performances are attributed to the decreases in the refractive index modulation and average refractive index of the HPDLC grating respectively as a result of the field-induced liquid crystal reorientation. This study provides some new ideas for the improvement of DFB organic semiconductor laser to enable envisioned applications in laser displays and integrated photonic circuits.