Title :
Enabling enhanced emission and low threshold lasing of organic molecules using special Fano resonances of macroscopic photonic crystals
Author :
Bo Zhen ; Song-Liang Chua ; Jeongwon Lee ; Rodriguez, Alejandro W. ; Xiangdong Liang ; Johnson, Steven G. ; Joannopoulos, John D. ; Soljacic, Marin ; Shapira, Ofer
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present a novel optofluidic platform comprising organic molecules in solution suspended on photonic crystal slabs. Through macroscopic Fano resonances provided, enhanced spontaneous emission and low-threshold lasing of organic molecules were observed and theoretically analyzed.
Keywords :
organic compounds; photoemission; photonic crystals; solid lasers; spontaneous emission; Fano resonances; low threshold lasing; macroscopic photonic crystals; optofluidic platform; organic molecules; photonic crystal slabs; spontaneous emission; Cavity resonators; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Photonic crystals; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
