An Organic Microlaser Array Based on a Lateral Microcavity of a Single J-aggregation Microbelt

Qing Liao; Xue Jin; Haihua Zhang; Zhenzhen Xu; Jiannian Yao; Hongbing Fu

doi:10.1002/anie.201501060

An Organic Microlaser Array Based on a Lateral Microcavity of a Single J-aggregation Microbelt

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Jun 8;54(24):7037-41. doi: 10.1002/anie.201501060. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

Authors

Qing Liao¹, Xue Jin¹, Haihua Zhang¹, Zhenzhen Xu¹, Jiannian Yao^{2

3}, Hongbing Fu^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048 (People's Republic of China).
² Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (People's Republic of China).
³ Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072 (People's Republic of China).
⁴ Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048 (People's Republic of China). hongbing.fu@iccas.ac.cn.
⁵ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (People's Republic of China). hongbing.fu@iccas.ac.cn.
⁶ Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072 (People's Republic of China). hongbing.fu@iccas.ac.cn.

PMID: 25919637
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501060

Abstract

A laser array on the nano- and microscale is a key component for integration in photonic devices, but remains a challenge when using semiconductor nanowire lasers. Here we report a low-threshold lateral-cavity microlaser, formed between two lateral-faces of a single-crystalline organic microbelt (OMB) of 1,4-dimethoxy-2,5-di[4'-(cyano)styryl]benzene (COPV). By cutting a single OMB into six pieces by a top-down two-photon processing technique, we successfully fabricated a compact and uniform 1×6 microlaser array along the length direction of the OMB. The microlasers had excellent reproducibility and addressable high precision, thus making them attractive candidates as miniaturized coherent light sources for future nanophotonics.

Keywords: laser array; nanostructures; nanotechnology; photochemistry; photonic devices.