Distributed feedback organic lasing in photonic crystals

Abstract

Considerable research efforts have been devoted to the investigation of distributed feedback (DFB) organic lasing in photonic crystals in recent decades. It is still a big challenge to realize DFB lasing in complex photonic crystals. This review discusses the recent progress on the DFB organic laser based on one-, two-, and three-dimensional photonic crystals. The photophysics of gain materials and the fabrication of laser cavities are also introduced. At last, future development trends of the lasers are prospected.

Keywords

photonic crystals / microcavity lasers / distributed feedback (DFB)

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61822501, 11734001, and 11704017) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. Z180015).

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