Photonics Research, 2019, 7 (2): 02000137, Published Online: Feb. 19, 2019   

Wide tunable laser based on electrically regulated bandwidth broadening in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal Download: 681次

Author Affiliations
1 Key Laboratory of Special Display Technology, National Engineering Laboratory of Special Display Technology, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Technology, Academy of Opto-Electronic Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
2 Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, Anhui Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
3 School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
4 Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
5 State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621000, China
6 e-mail: zhijiahu@hfut.edu.cn
7 e-mail: bozhilu@hfut.edu.cn
Abstract
Electrically responsive photonic crystals represent one of the most promising intelligent material candidates for technological applications in optoelectronics. In this research, dye-doped polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals (PSCLCs) with negative dielectric anisotropy were fabricated, and mirrorless lasing with an electrically tunable wavelength was successfully achieved. Unlike conventional liquid-crystal lasers, the proposed laser aided in tuning the emission wavelength through controlling the reflection bandwidth based on gradient pitch distribution. The principal advantage of the electrically controlled dye-doped PSCLC laser is that the electric field is applied parallel to the helical axis, which changes the pitch gradient instead of rotating the helix axis, thus keeping the heliconical structure intact during lasing. The broad tuning range (110 nm) of PSCLC lasers, coupled with their stable emission performance, continuous tunability, and easy fabrication, leads to its numerous potential applications in intelligent optoelectronic devices, such as sensing, medicine, and display.

Hongbo Lu, Cheng Wei, Qiang Zhang, Miao Xu, Yunsheng Ding, Guobing Zhang, Jun Zhu, Kang Xie, Xiaojuan Zhang, Zhijia Hu, Longzhen Qiu. Wide tunable laser based on electrically regulated bandwidth broadening in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 02000137.

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