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Flexible Lasers: A Thin‐Film Flexible Defect‐Mode Laser (Advanced Optical Materials 8/2020)
Author(s) -
Ali Taimoor,
Lin JiaDe,
Snow Benjamin,
Wang Xiuze,
Elston Steve J.,
Morris Stephen M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.202070034
Subject(s) - materials science , laser , optoelectronics , fluence , wearable computer , optics , laser beams , beam (structure) , computer science , physics , embedded system
The back‐cover picture, referring to the article number 1901891 by Taimoor Ali and co‐workers, illustrates the beam steering from a flexible defect‐mode liquid crystal laser that is fabricated using a facile film transfer method. The laser demonstrates a low threshold fluence of 12.3 ± 0.5 µJ cm −2 per pulse. Beam steering is observed when the flexible laser is subjected to a mechanical deformation that shows potential for wearable and flexible technologies.