Organic lasers: recent developments on materials, device geometries, and fabrication techniques
AJC Kuehne, MC Gather - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic dyes have been used as gain medium for lasers since the 1960s, long before the
advent of today's organic electronic devices. Organic gain materials are highly attractive for …
advent of today's organic electronic devices. Organic gain materials are highly attractive for …
Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids
Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
3D laser displays based on circularly polarized lasing from cholesteric liquid crystal arrays
Abstract 3D laser displays play an important role in next‐generation display technologies
owing to the ultimate visual experience they provide. Circularly polarized (CP) laser …
owing to the ultimate visual experience they provide. Circularly polarized (CP) laser …
Applications of liquid crystals in biosensing
Liquid crystals (LCs), as a promising branch of highly-sensitive, quick-response, and low-
cost materials, are widely applied to the detection of weak external stimuli and have …
cost materials, are widely applied to the detection of weak external stimuli and have …
Advances and prospects for whispering gallery mode microcavities
Microlasers have experienced tremendous development in the past decade and become an
essential part in laser evolution, as miniature lasers provide strong optical confinement and …
essential part in laser evolution, as miniature lasers provide strong optical confinement and …
Recent progress in functional dye‐doped liquid crystal devices
W Shen, H Zhang, Z Miao, Z Ye - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a typical representative of dopants, organic functional dyes have demonstrated their
significant roles in novel smart liquid crystal (LC) devices, and dye‐doped LCs have also …
significant roles in novel smart liquid crystal (LC) devices, and dye‐doped LCs have also …
Stimuli‐directing self‐organized 3D liquid‐crystalline nanostructures: from materials design to photonic applications
L Wang, Q Li - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
3D photonic nanostructures with desirable functionalities in the visible light region and
beyond have been recently given vast and increasing attentions because of the ability to …
beyond have been recently given vast and increasing attentions because of the ability to …
Cholesteric liquid crystal materials for tunable diffractive optics
A Ryabchun, A Bobrovsky - Advanced Optical Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Modern optics and photonics constantly require break‐through materials and designs in
order to achieve miniature, lightweight, highly tunable, and effective optical devices. One of …
order to achieve miniature, lightweight, highly tunable, and effective optical devices. One of …
Active optical metasurfaces based on defect-engineered phase-transition materials
Active, widely tunable optical materials have enabled rapid advances in photonics and
optoelectronics, especially in the emerging field of meta-devices. Here, we demonstrate that …
optoelectronics, especially in the emerging field of meta-devices. Here, we demonstrate that …
Optothermal dynamics in whispering-gallery microresonators
Optical whispering-gallery-mode microresonators with ultrahigh quality factors and small
mode volumes have played an important role in modern physics. They have been …
mode volumes have played an important role in modern physics. They have been …