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. 2019 Nov 7;13(1):18–34. doi: 10.1007/s12200-019-0942-1

Distributed feedback organic lasing in photonic crystals

Yulan Fu 1, Tianrui Zhai 1,✉
PMCID: PMC9733769  PMID: 36641584

Abstract

Considerable research efforts have been devoted to the investigation of distributed feedback (DFB) organic lasing in photonic crystals in recent decades. It is still a big challenge to realize DFB lasing in complex photonic crystals. This review discusses the recent progress on the DFB organic laser based on one-, two-, and three-dimensional photonic crystals. The photophysics of gain materials and the fabrication of laser cavities are also introduced. At last, future development trends of the lasers are prospected.

Keywords: photonic crystals, microcavity lasers, distributed feedback (DFB)

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61822501, 11734001, and 11704017) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. Z180015).

Footnotes

Yulan Fu obtained her Ph.D. degree from School of Physics, Peking University in 2013. She is currently an associate professor in the College of Applied Science, Beijing University of Technology. Her research interests are mainly focused on on-chip micro-/nano-photonic devices, nonlinear photonic materials and nanostructures.

Tianrui Zhai received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University in 2010. He is currently a professor in the College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology. His research interests are mainly focused on microcavity lasers, plasmonic physics and devices, and nanophotonics.

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