Low Threshold Organic Semiconductor Lasers Hybrid Optoelectronics and Applications as Explosive Sensors /

• Main Author: Wang, Yue (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Semiconductors.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

This thesis focuses on two areas - the development of miniature plastic lasers that can be powered by LEDs, and the application of these lasers as highly sensitive sensors for vapours of nitroaromatic explosives (e.g. TNT). Polymer lasers are extremely compact visible lasers; the research described...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theory of organic semiconductor lasers
• Experimental methods
• Low-threshold and broadly tuneable organic lasers based on star-shaped oligofluorene truxenes
• Commercial LED pumped organic semiconductor lasers
• Low threshold nanoimprinted organic lasers integration with micro-LED arrays
• Polymer with intrinsic microporosity used as explosive vapour sensors
• Towards ultra-portable hybrid organic/inorganic explosives sensing devices
• Conclusions and future work.