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In this work, laser dye DCM, nematic liquid crystal TEB30A, chiral dopant S-811 and PVA are used to prepare polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) films by the method of microcapsule. Lasing mechanism and temperature-tunable characteristics of the films are investigated. The diameters of large droplets in the films are about 80 μm and LC molecules are planar-textured in the droplets when viewed between crossed polarisers through a polarization microscope. Pumped by the 532 nm Nd:YAG laser, narrow linewidths in laser emissions are obtained at 634.5 nm and 680.2 nm, and the linewidths are of 0.25 nm and 0.29 nm, respectively. The device is then compared with a dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal laser. The wavelength of output laser will blueshift when the temperature of the device is increased, and a 22.8 nm tunable lasing, from 666.7 nm to 643.9 nm, is obtained. Analysis concludes that the lasing mechanism of the film is band-edge lasing, and the emission wavelengths are corresponding to the two edges of the photonic band gap.
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Keywords:
- film /
- polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal /
- band-edge lasing
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[1] Kopp V I, Zhang Z Q Genack A Z 2003 Progress in Quantum Electronics 27 369
[2] Furumi S, Yokoyama S, Otomo A 2004 Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 2491
[3] Ma J, Zheng Z G, Liu Y G, Xuan L 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 024212
[4] Huang Y H, Wu S T 2010 Opt. Express 18 27697
[5] Lin T H, Chen Y J, Wu C H, Fuh A Y G, Liu J H, Yang P C 2005 Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 161120
[6] Park B, Kim M, Kim S W, Jang W, Takezoe H, Kim Y, Choi E H, Seo Y H, Cho G S, Kang S O 2009 Advanced Materials 21 771
[7] Bi S G, Peng H Y, Liao Y G, Yang Y J, Bogumil Brycki, Xie X L 2012 Acta Polymerica Sinica 6 628 (in Chinese) [毕曙光, 彭海炎, 廖永贵, 杨亚江, Bogumil Brycki, 解孝林 2012 高分子学报 6 628]
[8] Lee C R, Lin S H, Guo C H Chang S H, Mo T S, Chu S C 2010 Opt. Express 18 2406
[9] Liu Y J Sun X W, Ji W 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 011111
[10] Li L W, Wang L, Deng L G 2014 Laser Phys. Lett. 11 025201
[11] Li L W, Deng L G 2012 Physica B 407 4826
[12] Dai Q, Li Y, WU R N, Geng Y, Quan W, Li Y Q, Peng Z H, Yao L S 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 044219 (in Chinese) [岱钦, 李勇, 乌日娜, 耿岳, 全薇, 李业秋, 彭增辉, 姚丽双 2013 物理学报 62 044219]
[13] Gennes P G D (translated by Sun Z M, Wang X J) 1987 The Physics of liquid crystals (Shanghai: Shanghai translation publishing company) pp291-292(in Chinese) [德纳然 著 (孙正民王新久译)1987 液晶物理学(上海: 上海翻译出版公司)第291–292页]
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