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Tailoring the Random Lasing Properties by Controlled Phase Separation Process in PMMA:PVK Dye-Doped Polymeric Blends

Journal

POLYMERS
Volume 13, Issue 18, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13183182

Keywords

random laser; dye laser; polymeric blend; double-phase system; morphology; phase separation; waveguiding; quasi-waveguiding; PVK; PMMA; rhodamine 6g

Funding

  1. Polish National Science Center [2016/23/D/ST5/00278]

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This study investigates the random lasing phenomenon in a dye-doped polymeric double-phase system and explores how relative concentrations of polymers can influence lasing parameters. The influence of phase separation-induced disorder on supporting RL, the ability to switch between waveguiding and quasi-waveguiding regimes, and the fabrication of efficient materials for RL using a simple phase separation technique are highlighted. The technique offers a fast, cheap, and easy way to tailor lasing properties in the laser material fabrication process.
This article describes the random lasing (RL) phenomenon obtained in a dye-doped, polymeric double-phase system composed of PMMA and PVK polymers. It shows how relative concentrations between mentioned macromolecules can influence lasing parameters of the resulting blends, including obtained emission spectra and threshold conditions. We describe the influence of lasers' composition on their morphologies and link them with particular RL properties. Our studies reveal that the disorder caused by phase separation can support the RL phenomenon both in the waveguiding and quasi-waveguiding regimes. Changing the relative concentration of polymers enables one to switch between both regimes, which significantly influences threshold conditions, spectral shift, number of lasing modes, and ability to support extended and/or localized modes. Finally, we show that a simple phase separation technique can be used to fabricate efficient materials for RL. Moreover, it enables the tailoring of lasing properties of materials in a relatively wide range at the stage of the laser material fabrication process in a simple way. Therefore, this technique can be seen as a fast, cheap, and easy to perform way of random lasers fabrication.

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