Coupling of organic semiconductor amplified spontaneous emission into polymeric single-mode waveguides patterned by deep-UV irradiation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-63

  Punke, Martin ^a   Mozer, Steffen ^a,b   Stroisch, Marc ^a   Heinrich, Mattias P ^a   Lemmer, Uli ^a   Henzi, Patric ^c,d   Rabus, Dominik G ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Endress + Hauser Messtechnik GmbH + Co KG   (Germany)

^e University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Alq3: DCM; Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE); Deep ultraviolet (DUV); Mirrorless lasing; Organic semiconductor; PMMA; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDES;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; MIRRORLESS LASING; POLYMERIC SINGLE-MODE WAVEGUIDES;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 33846050819     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.889026     Document Type: Article

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