Light amplification in organic thin films using cascade energy transfer

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6650, 1997, Pages 466-469

  Berggren, M ^a   Dodabalapur, A ^a   Slusher, R E ^a   Bao, Z ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLID STATE LASERS; THIN FILMS;

CASCADE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT AMPLIFICATION; ORGANIC THIN FILMS;

AMPLIFICATION;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILM; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031549637     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/38979     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Schafer, F. P. in Topics in Applied Physics: Dye Lasers 3rd edn (ed. Schafer, F. P.) Ch. 1 (Springer, Berlin, 1990).
2. Weber, H. R & Ulrich, R. A thin film ring laser. Appl. Phys. Lett. 19, 38-40 (1971).
3. Kogelnik, H. & Shank, C. V. Stimulated emission in a periodic structure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 18, 152-154 (1971).
4. Kaminov, I. P., Weber, H. P. & Chandross, E. A. Poly(methyl methacrylate) dye laser with internal diffraction grating. Appl. Phys. Lett. 18, 497-499 (1971).
5. Gonokami, M. et al. Polymer microdisc and microring lasers. Opt. Lett. 20, 2093-2095 (1995).
6. Tessler, N., Demon, G. I. & Friend, R. H. Lasing from conjugated polymer microcavities. Nature 382, 695-697 (1996).
7. Hide, F. et al. Semiconducting polymers: a new class of solid state laser materials. Science 273, 1833-1836 (1996).
8. Frolov, S. V. et al. Cooperative emission in π-conjugated polymer thin films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 729-736 (1997).
9. Förster, T. Transfer mechanisms of electronic excitation. Disc. Faraday Soc. 27, 7-17 (1959).
10. Van Der Meer, B. W. Coker, G. & Chen, S. Y. in Resonance Energy Transfer Ch. 2 (VCH, New York, 1994).