Organic lasers are broadly tunable coherent sources, potentially compact, convenient and manufactured at low-costs. Appeared in the mid 60's as solid-state alternatives for liquid dye lasers, they recently gained a new dimension after the demonstration of organic semiconductor lasers in the 90's. More recently, new perspectives appeared at the nanoscale, with organic polariton and surface plasmon lasers. After a brief reminder to laser physics, a first chapter exposes what makes organic solid-state organic lasers specific. The laser architectures used in organic lasers are then reviewed, with a state-of-the-art review of the performances of devices with regard to output power, threshold, lifetime, beam quality etc. A survey of the recent trends in the field is given, highlighting the latest developments with a special focus on the challenges remaining for achieving direct electrical pumping of organic semiconductor lasers. A last chapter covers the applications of organic solid-state lasers.
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10
78 farbige Abbildungen, 10 s/w Abbildungen
XI, 169 p. 88 illus., 78 illus. in color.
ISBN-13
978-3-642-36705-2 (9783642367052)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-36705-2
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Fundamentals of laser physics.- Organic materials for solid-state lasers.- Organic Lasers resonators.- Prospects for electrical pumping.- Organic lasers at the nanoscale.- Applications of organic solid-state lasers.
