Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics: 16 chapters, 161 figures, 36 tables, 350 equations, 18 schemes, 85 problems and approximately 2500 archival references in 481 pages.
Contributing authors: F. J. Duarte, Peter Hegemann, Suneel Kateriya, Alfons Penskofer, Sergei Popov, Kathleen M. Vaeth, Elena Vasileva
Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics (Institure of Physics, Bristol, 2024) at IoP
Includes a cohesive, handbook style, theoretical compendium for the design and assessment of high-performance tunable narrow-linewidth laser oscillators (Chapter 6).
Describes in detail the material science and physics of coherent electrically-pumped organic semicunductors (Chapter 11).
Includes the world's most extensive and comprehensive cumulative review on organic molecules applied to optogenetics (Chapter 13).
Includes, using quantum interference principles, the first transparent derivation of Born's rule (Chapter 16).
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Laser linewidth
1.2.1 Laser linewidth in organic dye lasers
1.2.2 Narrow-linewidth landmarks in high-power pulsed organic dye lasers
1.2.3 Narrow-linewidth landmarks in CW organic dye lasers
1.2.4 CW organic dye laser developments for pulse compression
1.3 Solid-state organic lasers
1.3.1 Solid-state organic dye lasers
1.3.2 Further notable developments
1.3.3 Coherent emission from electrically-pumped organic semiconductors
1.4 Organic photonics
1.5 Organic lasers and organic photonics
1.6 Perspective
1.7 Organic Lasers and Organic Photonics (Second Edition)
References
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Organic laser dye molecules
2.2.1 Water solubility
2.2.2 Criticisms to organic dye as laser gain media
2.3 Organic laser dyes in the liquid-state and the solid-state
2.4 Literatute
2.5 Problems
References
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Rate equations for generalized multiple-level systems
3.2.1 Rate equations for single-energy levels
3.2.2 Applications of rate equations for single-energy levels
3.3 Quantum approach to transition cross sections
3.4 Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)
3.5 Quantum energy
3.6 Problems
References
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Physical parameters of PMMA
4.3 Polymer matrices for organic lasers
4.3.1 Excitation parameters for dye-doped polymer laser matrices
4.4 Longevity of polymer matrices for organic lasers
4.5 Problems
References
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mirror–mirror cavities
5.3 Mirror-grating cavities
5.3.1 Littrow grating cavities
5.3.2 Grazing-incidence grating cavities
5.3.3 Open cavity versus closed cavity configurations
5.4 Output-coupler polarizer multiple-prism grating oscillators
5.4.1 Hybrid multiple-prism grazing-incidence (HMPGI) grating configurations
5.4.2 Multiple-prism Littrow (MPL) grating configurations
5.5 Linear and ring laser cavities
5.6 Unstable resonators as laser amplifiers
5.7 Laser-pumped amplifier stages
5.8 Distributed feedback configurations
5.9 Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
5.10 Perspective
5.11 Problems
References
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The generalized interferometric equations
6.2.1 The uncertainty principle in optics
6.2.2 Beam divergence
6.3 The cavity linewidth equation
6.4 The diffraction equations
6.5 The generalized multiple-prism equations
6.5.1 Return-pass multiple-prism intracavity dispersion
6.5.2 Multiple-return-pass multiple-prism intracavity dispersion
6.5.3 Multiple-return-pass cavity linewidth
6.5.4 Multiple-return-pass propagation matrix
6.5.5 Multiple-prism mathematical series
6.6 The generalized prismatic equations for laser pulse compression
6.6.1 Fundamentals of pulse compression
6.7 Distributed feedback
6.8 Longitudinal tuning in laser microcavities
6.9 Laser linewidth of microcavity emission
6.10 Linewidth equivalence
6.11 Problems
References
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Laser-pumped liquid organic dye lasers
7.2.1 Tunable narrow-linewidth laser oscillators
7.2.2 Master-oscillator power-amplifiers
7.2.3 CW lasers
7.2.4 Femtosecond pulse lasers
7.3 Flashlamp-pumped organic dye lasers
7.3.1 Tunable narrow-linewidth laser oscillators
7.3.2 Flashlamp-pumped master-oscillator forced-oscillators
7.4 Solid-state tunable organic dye lasers
7.4.1 Narrow-linewidth tunable solid-state laser oscillators
7.4.2 Long-pulse solid-state tunable laser oscillators
7.5 Additional solid-state organic lasers
7.5.1 Microcavity and optofluidic organic lasers
7.5.2 Organic fiber lasers
7.5.3 Solid-state distributed feedback organic lasers
7.5.4 Solid-state waveguide organic lasers
7.5.5 Solid-state microcavity organic lasers
7.5.6 Organic vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
7.6 Problems
References
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Atmospheric propagation
8.2 Organic laser oscillators for directed energy
8.3 Organic master-oscilator forced-oscillator (MOFO) for directed energy
8.4 High-energy amplification stages
8.5 Further development for solid-state tunable organic lasers
8.6 Pulse average power versus CW power
8.7 Thermal dissipation
8.8 Problems
Acknowledgements
References
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Laser dye-doped polymer–nanoparticle gain media
9.3 Organic dye-doped polymer–nanoparticle tunable lasers
9.4 Interferometric interpretation on polymer–nanoparticle matrix homogeneity
9.5 Problems
References
10.1 Introduction: from liquid to solid gain media
10.2 Tunable solid-state dye lasers
10.2.1 VECSOLs
10.2.2 DFB organic lasers
10.2.3 Sol–gel silica organic lasers
10.2.4 Multi-prism SSDL and nanoparticle technology
10.3 Fixed-tuned lasers
10.3.1 Fiber based dye lasers
10.3.2 Whispering gallery mode lasers
10.4 Transparent wood as novel laser media
10.4.1 Optically transparent wood material
10.4.2 Transparent wood dye laser
References
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Organic semiconductors
11.2.1 Energetics of organic semiconductors
11.2.2 High luminescence OLEDs
11.3 Electrical excitation of the tandem organic semiconductor active region
11.4 Integrated interferometric coherent emitter (IICE)
11.5 Energetics of the organic semiconductor IICE
11.6 Spatial coherence of the emission from the organic semiconductor IICE
11.6.1 Interferometrically determined transverse-mode structures
11.7 Spectral coherence of the emission from the organic semiconductor IICE
11.7.1 Emission linewidth from N-slit interferograms
11.8 On the origin of the coherent emission
11.9 Perspective on the literature
11.10 Quantum coherence
11.11 Miniaturization prospects
11.12 Conclusion
11.13 Problems
References
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Elements of organic photonics
12.2.1 Organic dyes
12.2.2 Polymers
12.2.3 Organic–inorganic composites
12.2.4 Organic lasers
12.2.5 Quantum dots
12.3 Organic optical elements
12.3.1 Organic lenses
12.3.2 Organic–inorganic prisms
12.3.3 Organic fibers
12.4 Applications
12.4.1 Communications
12.4.2 Directed energy
12.4.3 Industry
12.4.4 Medicine
12.4.5 Nonlinear optics
12.4.6 Science
12.4.7 Sensors
12.5 Perspective
12.6 Problems
References
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Characterization of organic dyes applied in optogenetics
13.2.1 Retinals
13.2.2 Flavins (isoalloxazine derivatives)
13.2.3 Folates
13.2.4 p-coumaric acid
13.2.5 Linear tetrapyrroles (phytochrome chromophores)
13.2.6 Corrinoid-based cyclic tetrapyrroles (chromophores of cobalamin-based photoreceptors)
13.2.7 Tryptophan (UVR8 chromophore)
13.2.8 Fluorescent probes
13.2.9 Fluorescent proteins
13.2.10 Nanomaterials
13.3 Action of the organic dyes in photoreceptors
13.3.1 Rodopsins
13.3.2 Flavoproteins
13.3.3 Xanthopsins (photoactive yellow proteins)
13.3.4 Phytochromes
13.3.5 Cobalamin-based photoreceptors CarH and AerR
13.3.6 UVR8 plant photoreceptors
13.3.7 Upconversion nanoparticle mediated optogenetics
13.4 Application of optogenetic tools
13.4.1 Application of optogenetic tools in neuroscience
13.4.2 Application of optogenetic tools in cell biology
13.5 Conclusions
13.6 Recent advances as to organic dyes applied in optogenetics
13.6.1 Introduction
13.6.2 Characterization of organic dyes applied in optogenetics
13.6.3 Action of organic dyes in photoreceptors
13.6.4 Applications of optogenetic tools
13.6.5 Conclusions
List of Abbreviations
Symbols
Acknowledgements
References
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Organic lasers for medicine
14.2.1 High-performance solid-state organic lasers for medicine
14.2.2 Additional organic lasers for medicine
14.3 Light sheet microscopy illumination
14.3.1 Multiple-prism propagation matrix equations for extremely wide light sheets for microscopy
14.3.2 Propagation physics of the optics to generate extremely wide light sheets for microscopy
14.4 Organic dye molecules for photodynamic therapy
14.4.1 Additional organic molecules for photodynamic therapy
14.5 Dual laser system for diagnosis and photodynamic therapy
14.6 Conclusions
14.7 Problems
References
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Sources for quantum entanglement experiments
15.2.1 Parametric down conversion
15.2.2 CW organic dye lasers
15.2.3 Organic lasers for N-channel quantum entanglement
15.2.4 Entanglement of quantum indistinguishable ensembles
15.3 The physics of N-channel quantum entanglement
15.3.1 Background
15.3.2 Quantum entanglement probability amplitudes
15.3.3 Interferometric approach to quantum entanglement
15.3.4 Generalized quantum entanglement probability amplitudes
15.3.5 Alternative probability amplitude methodologies
15.4 The interferometric equation and quantum entropy
15.5 Implications for the interpretations of quantum mechanics
15.6 Perspective
15.7 Problems
References
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Quantum interferometric probabilities
16.3 Dirac's identities
16.4 Quantum coherence in electrically-pumped interferometric emitters
16.5 Born's rule
16.6 Discussion
16.7 Problems
References
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1.1 Introduction
1.2 Laser linewidth
1.2.1 Laser linewidth in organic dye lasers
1.2.2 Narrow-linewidth landmarks in high-power pulsed organic dye lasers
1.2.3 Narrow-linewidth landmarks in CW organic dye lasers
1.2.4 CW organic dye laser developments for pulse compression
1.3 Solid-state organic lasers
1.3.1 Solid-state organic dye lasers
1.3.2 Further notable developments
1.3.3 Coherent emission from electrically-pumped organic semiconductors
1.4 Organic photonics
1.5 Organic lasers and organic photonics
1.6 Perspective
References
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Organic laser dye molecules
2.2.1 Water solubility
2.2.2 Criticisms to organic dye as laser gain media
2.3 Organic laser dyes in the liquid-state and the solid-state
References
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Rate equations for generalized multiple-level systems
3.2.1 Rate equations for single-energy levels
3.2.2 Applications of rate equations for single-energy levels
3.3 Quantum approach to transition cross sections
3.4 Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)
References
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Physical parameters of PMMA
4.3 Polymer matrices for organic lasers
4.3.1 Excitation parameters for dye-doped polymer laser matrices
References
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mirror–mirror cavities
5.3 Mirror-grating cavities
5.3.1 Littrow grating cavities
5.3.2 Grazing-incidence grating cavities
5.3.3 Open cavity versus closed cavity configurations
5.4 Output-coupler polarizer multiple-prism grating oscillators
5.4.1 Hybrid multiple-prism grazing-incidence (HMPGI) grating configurations
5.4.2 Multiple-prism Littrow (MPL) grating configurations
5.5 Linear and ring laser cavities
5.6 Unstable resonators as laser amplifiers
5.7 Laser-pumped amplifier stages
5.8 Distributed feedback configurations
5.9 Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
References
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The generalized interferometric equations
6.2.1 The uncertainty principle in optics
6.2.2 Beam divergence
6.3 The cavity linewidth equation
6.4 The diffraction equations
6.5 The generalized multiple-prism equations
6.5.1 Return-pass multiple-prism intracavity dispersion
6.5.2 Multiple-return-pass multiple-prism intracavity dispersion
6.5.3 Multiple-return-pass cavity linewidth
6.5.4 Multiple-return-pass propagation matrix
6.5.5 Multiple-prism mathematical series
6.6 The generalized prismatic equations for laser pulse compression
6.6.1 Fundamentals of pulse compression
6.7 Distributed feedback
6.8 Longitudinal tuning in laser microcavities
6.9 Laser linewidth of microcavity emission
6.10 Linewidth equivalence
References
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Laser-pumped liquid organic dye lasers
7.2.1 Tunable narrow-linewidth laser oscillators
7.2.2 Master-oscillator power-amplifiers
7.2.3 CW lasers
7.2.4 Femtosecond pulse lasers
7.3 Flashlamp-pumped organic dye lasers
7.3.1 Tunable narrow-linewidth laser oscillators
7.3.2 Flashlamp-pumped master-oscillator forced-oscillators
7.4 Solid-state tunable organic dye lasers
7.4.1 Narrow-linewidth tunable solid-state laser oscillators
7.4.2 Long-pulse solid-state tunable laser oscillators
7.5 Additional solid-state organic lasers
7.5.1 Microcavity and optofluidic organic lasers
7.5.2 Organic fiber lasers
7.5.3 Solid-state distributed feedback organic lasers
7.5.4 Solid-state waveguide organic lasers
7.5.5 Solid-state microcavity organic lasers
7.5.6 Organic vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
References
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Atmospheric propagation
8.1.2 Organic laser oscillators for directed energy
8.2 Organic master-oscillator forced-oscillator for directed energy
8.3 High-energy amplification stages
8.4 Outlook
References
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Laser dye-doped polymer–nanoparticle gain media
9.3 Organic dye-doped polymer–nanoparticle tunable lasers
9.4 Interferometric interpretation on polymer–nanoparticle matrix homogeneity
References
10.1 Introduction: from liquid to solid gain media
10.2 Tunable solid-state dye lasers
10.2.1 VECSOLs
10.2.2 DFB organic lasers
10.2.3 Sol–gel silica organic lasers
10.2.4 Multi-prism SSDL and nanoparticle technology
10.3 Fixed-tuned lasers
10.3.1 Fiber based dye lasers
10.3.2 Whispering gallery mode lasers
10.4 Transparent wood as novel laser media
10.4.1 Optically transparent wood material
10.4.2 Transparent wood dye laser
References
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Organic semiconductors
11.2.1 Energetics of organic semiconductors
11.2.2 High luminescence OLEDs
11.3 Electrical excitation of the tandem organic semiconductor active region
11.4 Integrated interferometric coherent emitter (IICE)
11.5 Energetics of the organic semiconductor IICE
11.6 Spatial coherence of the emission from the organic semiconductor IICE
11.6.1 Interferometrically determined transverse-mode structures
11.7 Spectral coherence of the emission from the organic semiconductor IICE
11.7.1 Emission linewidth from N-slit interferograms
11.8 On the origin of the coherent emission
11.9 Perspective on the literature
11.10 Miniaturization prospects
11.11 Conclusion
References
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Elements of organic photonics
12.2.1 Organic dyes
12.2.2 Polymers
12.2.3 Organic–inorganic composites
12.2.4 Organic lasers
12.2.5 Quantum dots
12.3 Organic optical elements
12.3.1 Organic lenses
12.3.2 Organic–inorganic prisms
12.3.3 Organic fibers
12.4 Applications
12.4.1 Communications
12.4.2 Directed energy
12.4.3 Industry
12.4.4 Medicine
12.4.5 Nonlinear optics
12.4.6 Science
12.4.7 Sensors
12.5 Perspective
References
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Characterization of organic dyes applied in optogenetics
13.2.1 Retinals
13.2.2 Flavins (isoalloxazine derivatives)
13.2.3 Folates
13.2.4 p-coumaric acid
13.2.5 Linear tetrapyrroles (phytochrome chromophores)
13.2.6 Corrinoid-based cyclic tetrapyrroles (chromophores of cobalamin-based photoreceptors)
13.2.7 Tryptophan (UVR8 chromophore)
13.2.8 Fluorescent probes
13.2.9 Fluorescent proteins
13.2.10 Nanomaterials
13.3 Action of the organic dyes in photoreceptors
13.3.1 Rodopsins
13.3.2 Flavoproteins
13.3.3 Xanthopsins (photoactive yellow proteins)
13.3.4 Phytochromes
13.3.5 Cobalamin-based photoreceptors CarH and AerR
13.3.6 UVR8 plant photoreceptors
13.3.7 Upconversion nanoparticle mediated optogenetics
13.4 Application of optogenetic tools
13.4.1 Application of optogenetic tools in neuroscience
13.4.2 Application of optogenetic tools in cell biology
13.5 Conclusions
List of Abbreviations
Symbols
References
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Organic lasers for medicine
14.2.1 High-performance solid-state organic lasers for medicine
14.2.2 Additional organic lasers for medicine
14.3 Organic dye molecules for photodynamic therapy
14.3.1 Additional organic molecules for photodynamic therapy
14.4 Dual laser system for diagnosis and photodynamic therapy
14.5 Light sheet microscopy illumination for large specimens
14.5.1 Propagation physics of the optics to generate extremely wide light sheets for microscopy
14.5.2 The multiple-prism propagation matrix equations extremely wide light sheets for microscopy
14.6 Outlook
References
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Sources for quantum entanglement experiments
15.2.1 Parametric down conversion
15.2.2 CW organic dye lasers
15.2.3 Solid-state organic dye lasers for N-channel quantum entanglement communications
15.3 The physics of N-channel quantum entanglement
15.3.1 Background
15.3.2 Quantum entanglement probability amplitudes
15.3.3 Interferometric approach to quantum entanglement
15.3.4 Generalized quantum entanglement probability amplitudes
15.3.5 Alternative methodologies
15.3.6 Implications for interpretations in quantum mechanics
15.3.7 The interferometric equation and quantum entropy
15.4 Perspective
References
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