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Record Nr.

UNINA9910741195303321

Autore

Forget Sébastien

Titolo

Organic Solid-State Lasers / / by Sébastien Forget, Sébastien Chénais

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-36705-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 169 p. 88 illus., 78 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Series in Optical Sciences, , 0342-4111 ; ; 175

Disciplina

621.3661

Soggetti

Lasers

Photonics

Microwaves

Optical engineering

Optical materials

Electronic materials

Physical chemistry

Optics

Electrodynamics

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

Optical and Electronic Materials

Physical Chemistry

Classical Electrodynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.