Quantitative analysis of "Δ: l = l s - L g" to coherent random lasing in solution systems with a series of solvents ordered by refractive index

Leicheng Yin, Yunyun Liang, Bo Yu, Yeping Wu, Jiajun Ma, Kang Xie, Wei Zhang, Gang Zou, Zhijia Hu*, Qijin Zhang

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

This work systematically illustrated the effects of solvents on random lasing in active scatterer solution systems. The scatterer, N,N′-di[3-(isobutyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes)propyl]perylene diimide (DPP), was chemically synthesized from gain group perylene diimide (PDI) and scattering group polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) at a mole ratio of 1:2 through chemical bonding. Random lasing action was detected in such solutions with a series of solvents ordered by refractive index (RI), from which it was found that solution systems with larger RI solvent facilitate boosting of random laser (RL) for a suitable "Δl = ls - lg" (ls > lg). There are two potential situations for solvents with smaller RI: in one, a small RI difference between scatterers and surroundings results in extremely large ls, and the extremely large Δl in these samples means that there is no observation of random lasing; in the other, there is increased lg as characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, although the ls remains almost unchanged for the large RI fluctuations between scatterers and surroundings, resulting in smaller Δl with no detection of random lasing as the laser pumping energy cannot compensate for the gain loss. Results from this work will aid in quantitatively judging the necessary condition of "Δl = ls - lg" to RL in solutions, and aid in designing suitable solution systems to boost RL.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98066-98070
Number of pages5
JournalRSC advances
Volume6
Issue number100
Early online date28 Sept 2016
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 28 Sept 2016

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Quantitative analysis of "Δ: l = l s - L g" to coherent random lasing in solution systems with a series of solvents ordered by refractive index'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this