Organic lasers that emit light in the deep-red and near-infrared (NIR) region are of essential importance in laser communication, night vision, bioimaging, and information-secured displays but are still challenging because of the lack of proper gain materials. Herein, a new molecular design strategy that operates by merging two excited-state intramolecular proton transfer-active molecules into one excited-state double proton transfer (ESDPT)-active molecule was demonstrated. Based on this new strategy, three new materials were designed and synthesized with two groups of intramolecular resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds, in which the ESDPT process was proven to proceed smoothly based on theoretical calculations and experimental results of steady-state and transient spectra. Benefiting from the effective six-level system constructed by the ESDPT process, all newly designed materials showed low threshold laser emissions at approximately 720 nm when doped in PS microspheres, which in turn proved the existence of the second proton transfer process. More importantly, our well-developed NIR organic lasers showed high laser stability, which can maintain high laser intensity after 12000 pulse lasing, which is essential in practical applications. This work provides a simple and effective method for the development of NIR organic gain materials and demonstrates the ESDPT mechanism for NIR lasing.

金属触点引起的光学损耗被认为是阻碍电泵浦有机激光器发展的主要障碍。本文对于存在金属接触电极的有机薄膜，通过设计适当的分布反馈结构形成多通道发射和表面等离子体激元（SPs），从而实现光泵浦激光。与采用无金属接触电极的有机薄膜进行对比，结果表明，本文方法可实现更好的激光性能。利用本文设计的结构，在740 nm光栅结构的Ag衬底上实现了(0.026 mJ/pulse)的激光发射。由于本文设计方法没有增加器件厚度，所以当光学性能得到改善时，电性能并没有降低。