Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology
Soft‐matter microlasers are an interesting part of soft‐matter photonics, which are based on liquids, liquid crystals, polymers, biological materials, and fabricated mainly by solution‐processing approaches. Soft‐matter microlasers comprehend a multitude of attractive features, including low‐cost, m...
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| description | Soft‐matter microlasers are an interesting part of soft‐matter photonics, which are based on liquids, liquid crystals, polymers, biological materials, and fabricated mainly by solution‐processing approaches. Soft‐matter microlasers comprehend a multitude of attractive features, including low‐cost, mechanical flexibility, wide range wavelength tunability and, in some cases, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. As such, they are recognized as versatile candidates for efficient light sources with enhanced performances and applications as ultrasensitive physical, chemical, and biological sensors. Here, the recent developments of soft‐matter microlasers are reviewed in time and the prospect in this field is provided. First, the characteristics of the representative soft‐matter microlasers are discussed with focus on their laser structures, lasing mechanisms, fabrication approaches, and gain material origins, followed by an introduction about the current cutting‐edge soft‐technologies that are applied in soft‐matter microlasers. Afterward, their potential applications as wavelength tunable sources, sensors, and displays are highlighted. Finally, the work is summarized and the prospect of soft‐matter microlasers for expanding this emerging research field is presented. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1428252023-02-28T19:41:19Z Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology Ta, Van Duong Wang, Yue Sun, Handong School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies Science::Physics Biolasers Microlasers Soft‐matter microlasers are an interesting part of soft‐matter photonics, which are based on liquids, liquid crystals, polymers, biological materials, and fabricated mainly by solution‐processing approaches. Soft‐matter microlasers comprehend a multitude of attractive features, including low‐cost, mechanical flexibility, wide range wavelength tunability and, in some cases, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. As such, they are recognized as versatile candidates for efficient light sources with enhanced performances and applications as ultrasensitive physical, chemical, and biological sensors. Here, the recent developments of soft‐matter microlasers are reviewed in time and the prospect in this field is provided. First, the characteristics of the representative soft‐matter microlasers are discussed with focus on their laser structures, lasing mechanisms, fabrication approaches, and gain material origins, followed by an introduction about the current cutting‐edge soft‐technologies that are applied in soft‐matter microlasers. Afterward, their potential applications as wavelength tunable sources, sensors, and displays are highlighted. Finally, the work is summarized and the prospect of soft‐matter microlasers for expanding this emerging research field is presented. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Accepted version 2020-07-03T02:56:02Z 2020-07-03T02:56:02Z 2019 Journal Article Ta, V. D., Wang, Y., & Sun, H. (2019). Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology. Advanced Optical Materials, 7(17), 1900057-. doi:10.1002/adom.201900057 2195-1071 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142825 10.1002/adom.201900057 2-s2.0-85064649068 17 7 en Advanced Optical Materials This is the accepted version of the following article: Ta, V. D., Wang, Y., & Sun, H. (2019). Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology. Advanced Optical Materials, 7(17), 1900057-, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201900057. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Wiley Self-Archiving Policy [https://authorservices.wiley.com/authorresources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html]. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Science::Physics Biolasers Microlasers Ta, Van Duong Wang, Yue Sun, Handong Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology |
| title | Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology |
| title_full | Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology |
| title_fullStr | Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology |
| title_short | Microlasers enabled by soft‐matter technology |
| title_sort | microlasers enabled by soft matter technology |
| topic | Science::Physics Biolasers Microlasers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142825 |
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