Tuneable optical gain and broadband lasing driven in electrospun polymer fibers by high dye concentration
Giovanni Morello, Maria Moffa, Martina Montinaro, Annachiara Albanese, Karolis Kazlauskas, Saulius Juršėnas, Aušra Tomkevičienė, Juozas V. Gražulevičius, Andrea Camposeo, Dario Pisignano
Abstract
Electrospun polystyrene fibers doped with a blue emitting dye across a broad range of concentration show high and tunable optical gain, reaching broadband lasing action by disordered network configurations.
Topics & Concepts
Lasing thresholdMaterials scienceBroadbandPolystyreneOptoelectronicsPolymerElectrospinningOpticsComposite materialWavelengthPhysicsRandom lasers and scattering mediaNeural Networks and Reservoir ComputingGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications