Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 52, Issue 5, 0501008(2025)

Recent Developments on Electrically Pumped Organic Lasers (Invited)

He Hao, Gaoda Ye, Suheng Li, Ran Ding*, and Jing Feng**
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  • State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin , China
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    Typical four-level system under electrical excitation, threshold behavior, and resonator structures of electrically pumped organic lasers. (a) Four-level system of organic laser medium; (b) output power and FWHM of organic lasers as a function of current density; (c) three typical optical resonator structures
    Structure and performance of the electrically pumped organic laser based on DFB resonator[11]. (a) Schematic representation of the electrically pumped organic laser based on DFB resonator; (b) lasing spectra at different injected current densities; (c) laser spectra at laser threshold current density; (d) output intensity and FWHM as a function of the driving current; (e) relationship between output power and driving current, where the inset shows a photograph of a device under pulse operation at 50 V
    Electrically driven organic laser based on DFB resonator and its performance[14]. (a) Cross-section schematic of the electrically driven organic laser; (b) evolution of the emission peak below and above the threshold under different peak current densities; (c) integrated lasing intensity as a function of peak current density; (d) far-field emission images of electrically driven laser below and above the threshold; (e) far-field emission images of the corresponding optically pumped laser
    Electrically pumped organic laser based on DBR resonator and its performance[23]. (a) Structure schematic of the DBR microcavity electrically pumped organic laser; (b) dependence of output spectral intensity on optical pump intensity; (c) dependence of output spectral intensity on electric pump current density; (d) output emission spectra at different current densities; (e) far field spot patterns at different current densities; (f) dependence of light gain amplification on injected current density under laser diode pump intensity of 0.028 mW/cm2 at 405 nm
    Organic exciton-polariton laser and its performance[29]. (a) Molecular structures of BSFCz and BSTFCz; (b) schematic of DBR cavities; (c) angle-resolved emission spectra of BSFCz DBR cavity exciton polarized exciton lasers, as well as integrated area, FWHM, and energy shift of emission spectra as a function of optical pump fluence; (d) angle-resolved emission spectra of BSTFCz DBR cavity exciton polarized exciton lasers, as well as integrated area, FWHM, and energy shift of emission spectra as a function of pump fluence; (e) far-field spot maps of DBR resonant cavity exciton polarized exciton lasers based on BSFCz and BSTFCz materials at below and above threshold
    Organic laser based on WGM resonator and its performance[34]. (a) Lasing spectra of a BP2T single-crystal circle microdisk recorded at different pump powers; (b) dependence of emitted intensity of a BP2T single-crystal circle microdisk on the pump energy; (c) lasing spectra and photos from a BP2T single-crystal polygon microdisk
    • Table 1. Information on process technology and performance parameters of electrically pumped organic laser devices

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      Table 1. Information on process technology and performance parameters of electrically pumped organic laser devices

      Laser typeResonator typeResonator preparation methodGain mediumQuality factorFWHM /nmLasing thresholdRef.
      Below thresholdAbove threshold
      Electrically driven laserDFBCorrugated fused silica substrateADS223YE~20~1144 A9
      Electrically pumped laserDFBElectron beam lithography and reactive ion etchingBSBCz255~35<0.2600 A/cm211
      Electrically driven laserDFBNanoimprint lithographyBBEHP-PPV0.09(2.8±0.2) kA/cm214
      Electrically pumped laserDBRElectron beam evaporationAlq∶DCJTI1.380.8351.8 mA/cm223
      Optically pumped polariton laserDBRRadio-frequency magnetron sputteringBSFCz517~6.8~0.813.5 µJ/cm229
      Optically pumpedpolariton laserDBRRadio-frequency magnetron sputteringBSTFCz492~7~0.99.7 µJ/cm229
      Electrically driven laserWGMElectron beam lithography and isotropic XeF2-etchAlq3∶DCM580 mA33
      Optically pumped laserWGMImproved lithographyBP2T single crystal~203032 nJ34
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    He Hao, Gaoda Ye, Suheng Li, Ran Ding, Jing Feng. Recent Developments on Electrically Pumped Organic Lasers (Invited)[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2025, 52(5): 0501008

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Aug. 16, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 14, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 7, 2025

    The Author Email: Ran Ding (dingran@jlu.edu.cn), Jing Feng (jingfeng@jlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL241149

    CSTR:32183.14.CJL241149

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