Optically Pumped Lasing from Single Crystals of a Cyano-Substituted Thiophene/Phenylene Co-Oligomer

Mizuno H;Maeda T;Yanagi H;Katsuki H;ARESTI, MAURO;QUOCHI, FRANCESCO;SABA, MICHELE;MURA, ANTONIO ANDREA;BONGIOVANNI, GIOVANNI LUIGI CARLO;Sasaki F;Hotta S.

2014-01-01

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Abstract

Room temperature optically pumped lasing is achieved for a new n-type molecular crystal of 2,5-bis(4′-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)­thiophene (BP1T-CN). Efficient stimulated emission in the Fabry–Pérot crystal cavity is supported with a high group refractive index (4.18–4.98), Q factor (910–1860), material gain coefficient (120 cm-1), and a high stimulated emission rate demonstrated by pump–probe measurements.