Lasing characteristics of optically pumped edge-emitting organic semiconductor laser

Hiroki Yamaoka; Masataka Shibamoto; N. Shinichi Takahashi

doi:10.1117/12.732784

16 October 2007 Lasing characteristics of optically pumped edge-emitting organic semiconductor laser

Hiroki Yamaoka, Masataka Shibamoto, N. Shinichi Takahashi

Proceedings Volume 6655, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XI; 66551L (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732784
Event: Photonic Devices + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Last year, we succeeded in reproducibly producing optically pumped edge-emitting organic semiconductor lasers using a low-temperature cleaving technique. Since the organic layer was generally soft and weak, its edge was damaged by the conventional cleaving at room temperature. This damage reduces the reflectance at the mirror edge and increases the threshold excitation energy. Stiffening the organic layer in liquid nitrogen enabled us to produce high-quality resonators with sufficient reproducibility. Slab waveguide devices consisting of Alq₃:DCM film (5% DCM) were vacuum-deposited onto a polished GaAs (100) substrate coated with an 1-μm-thick layer of RF (radio-frequency) sputtered SiO₂. The cleaved samples were optically pumped by a N₂ gas laser (wavelength: 337 nm) resulting in a pulse width of 600 ps at repetition rate of 20 Hz. The laser oscillation was checked by measuring the full width at half maximum of the output spectrum and its polarization characteristics. The threshold density was typically 3 μJ/cm² in a sample with a 5-mm-long resonator. We investigated the relationship between the resonator loss and the threshold density by varying the resonator length. The internal loss α and the gain coefficient β were found to be about 10.5 cm^-1 and 3.2 μJ^-1.cm, respectively. The threshold density was calculated as a function of the thickness of the emitting layer and compared with experimental values. We found that the optimum thickness is approximately 150 nm. Moreover, the reflectance at the mirror edge was increased by attaching a metal (aluminum) reflector to one side, resulting in a reduction in the threshold.

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Hiroki Yamaoka, Masataka Shibamoto, and N. Shinichi Takahashi "Lasing characteristics of optically pumped edge-emitting organic semiconductor laser", Proc. SPIE 6655, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices XI, 66551L (16 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732784

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