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Ink-Jet-Printed Organic Semiconductor Distributed Feedback Laser

Xin Liu1,2, Sönke Klinkhammer1,2, Kai Sudau3, Norman Mechau1,3, Christoph Vannahme1,2, Johannes Kaschke4, Timo Mappes2, Martin Wegener4, and Uli Lemmer1

1Light Technology Institute (LTI) and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
2Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
3InnovationLab GmbH, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
4Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

(Received April 4, 2012; accepted June 3, 2012; published online June 19, 2012)

Ink-jet-printed organic distributed feedback (DFB) lasers are realized by employing light-emitting copolymer and suitable organic solvents to meet the demands of printability and optical amplification in a nanopatterned conjugated polymer slab waveguide. We demonstrate the accurate lateral positioning of ink-jet-printed patches of the gain material on a polymer substrate with 500×500 µm2 grating areas. We also printed patches of large lateral dimension of 6 mm2 on a silica grating. The high uniformity of the film thickness leads to a laser wavelength variation of less than 3 nm over the whole area. ©2012 The Japan Society of Applied Physics

URL: http://apex.jsap.jp/link?APEX/5/072101/
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.5.072101
PACS: 81.15.Lm,78.30.Jw,85.60.Jb,42.79.Gn


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