title: Diode pumped distributed Bragg reflector lasers based on a dye-to-polymer energy transfer blend.
abstract: We report the demonstration of a compact, all-solid-state polymer laser system comprising of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor diode laser as the pump source. The polymer laser was configured as a surface emitting, distributed Bragg reflector laser (DBR), based on a novel energy transfer blend of Coumarin 102 and the conjugated polymer poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene). In this configuration, diode pumping was possible both due to the improved quality of the resonators and the improved harvesting of the diode laser light.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Vasdekis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsiminis
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ribierre
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O' Faolain
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.forename: I D W
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Samuel