Ultrawide tuning range in doped organic solid-state lasers

We report on the tunability of 4-(Dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(julolidin-4-yl-vinyl)-4H-pyran (DCM2)-doped guest-host organic lasers. As host materials Tris-(8-hydroxy-quinoline)aluminum (Alq3), 4,4′‐N,N′-dicarbazole-bipheny1 (CBP), and N′N-di(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-1,1′-diphenyl-4,4′-diamine (NPD) are used. The largest tuning range was observed in the Alq3:DCM2 film with 115.3nm between 597.8 and 713.1nm. In CBP:DCM2, a tuning range of 85nm was measured, whereas in NPD:DCM2 only one laser wavelength at 624.4nm could be observed. When comparing the pump energies, we observed considerably lower threshold energy densities in Alq3:DCM2 and CBP:DCM2 compared to NPD:DCM2.

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