Issue 48, 2009

Amplified spontaneous emission from opal photonic crystals engineered with structural defects

Abstract

In this work, we report on the optical properties and amplified spontaneous emissions (ASE) of polystyrene opals engineered with planar structural defects containing a conjugated polymer emitter. Defects in opals give rise to allowed states inside the photonic stop band, which are probed by transmittance and reflectance spectroscopy. The emission spectrum of the polymer embedded in the defect layer is strongly modified and fingerprints of defect states located inside the stop band are recognized. Amplified spontaneous emission for these engineered photonic crystals is clearly observed.

Graphical abstract: Amplified spontaneous emission from opal photonic crystals engineered with structural defects

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Jun 2009
Accepted
30 Sep 2009
First published
22 Oct 2009

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,11, 11515-11519

Amplified spontaneous emission from opal photonic crystals engineered with structural defects

F. Di Stasio, L. Berti, M. Burger, F. Marabelli, S. Gardin, T. Dainese, R. Signorini, R. Bozio and D. Comoretto, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 11515 DOI: 10.1039/B910734G

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