Reboud, V,Kehagias, N,Lovera, P,Zelsmann, M,Schuster, C,Reuther, F,Gruetzner, G,Redmond, G,Torres, CMS

2008

June

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Fabrication of defect-free nanoimprinted photonic crystals for laser applications

Validated

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nanoimprint lithography photonic crystal band edge laser BAND-EDGE LASERS LIGHT SLABS

47

5139

5141

The fabrication of two-dimensional photonic crystals by nanoimprint lithography is established to realize lasing oscillations at three band edge frequencies. The optically pumped lasers are based on a dye-chromophore-loaded polymer matrix on a transparent substrate. A two-dimensional plane-wave algorithm was used to design the band-edge lasers showing a good agreement with the experimental lasing frequencies. These results show that nanoimprint lithography is well-suited to the one-step fabrication of two-dimensional active-polymer photonic crystals.

10.1143/JJAP.47.5139