Direct laser writing for nanoporous liquid core laser sensors
Author(s) -
Tobias Großmann,
Mads Brøkner Christiansen,
Jeffrey Peterson,
H. Kalt,
Timo Mappes,
Anders Kristensen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.017467
Subject(s) - materials science , rhodamine 6g , laser , nanoporous , lasing threshold , optics , dye laser , optoelectronics , refractive index , absorption (acoustics) , fabrication , wavelength , fluorescence , nanotechnology , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , composite material
We report the fabrication of nanoporous liquid core lasers via direct laser writing based on two-photon absorption in combination with thiolene-chemistry. As gain medium Rhodamine 6G was embedded in the nanoporous polybutadiene matrix. The lasing devices with thresholds of 19 µJ/mm(2) were measured to have bulk refractive index sensitivities of 169 nm/RIU at a laser wavelength of 600 nm, demonstrating strongly increased overlap of the modes with the analyte in comparison to solid state evanescent wave sensors.
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