Organic dye lasers with distributed Bragg reflector grating and distributed feedback resonator.

The paper presents polymeric waveguide dye laser with distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) grating or distributed feedback (DFB) resonator. DBR grating and DFB resonator were fabricated on a surface of SU-8 2002 photoresist polymer using interference of laser beams. Polystyrene (PS) and poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB) waveguides dispersed with laser dye of 3-(2-benzothiazolyl)-7-(diethylamino)-coumarin (Coumarin 6) and tris(8-quinolinolate)aluminum (Alq) as a host were used. Single mode of lasing with TE mode was measured from the polymeric waveguide with DBR grating and DFB resonator. Threshold of lasing with DBR grating is lower than that with DFB resonator. For PVB/Alq/Coumarin 6 waveguide, 0.1 mJ cm(-2) pulse(-1) of threshold was measured with DBR grating and 0.3 mJ cm(-2) pulse(-1) with DFB resonator. Slope efficiency between 0.06 and 0.09 % was measured for PS/Alq/Coumarin 6 waveguide and that between 0.07 and 0.15 for PVB /Alq/Coumarin 6 waveguide.