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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, , 1556-1534 ; ; 175

Disciplina

621.3661

Soggetti

Lasers

Telecommunication

Optical materials

Physical chemistry

Electrodynamics

Laser

Microwaves, RF Engineering and Optical Communications

Optical 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.