Fabrication of defect-free nanoimprinted photonic crystals for laser applications

  • V. Reboud
  • , N. Kehagias
  • , P. Lovera
  • , M. Zelsmann
  • , C. Schuster
  • , F. Reuther
  • , G. Gruetzner
  • , G. Redmond
  • , C. M. Sotomayor Torres

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Abstract

The fabrication of two-dimensional photonic crystals by nanoimprint lithography is established to realize lasing oscillations at three band edge frequencies. The optically pumped lasers are based on a dye-chromophore-loaded polymer matrix on a transparent substrate. A two-dimensional plane-wave algorithm was used to design the band-edge lasers showing a good agreement with the experimental lasing frequencies. These results show that nanoimprint lithography is well-suited to the one-step fabrication of two-dimensional active-polymer photonic crystals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5139-5141
Number of pages3
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
Volume47
Issue number6 PART 2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2008

Keywords

  • Band edge laser
  • Nanoimprint lithography
  • Photonic crystal

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