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Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2009 Dec 28;11(48):11515-9. doi: 10.1039/b910734g. Epub 2009 Oct 22.

Amplified spontaneous emission from opal photonic crystals engineered with structural defects.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Francesco Di Stasio, Luca Berti, Martin Burger, Franco Marabelli, Samuele Gardin, Tiziano Dainese, Raffaella Signorini, Renato Bozio, Davide Comoretto

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  1. Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy.

PMID: 20024423 DOI: 10.1039/b910734g

Abstract

In this work, we report on the optical properties and amplified spontaneous emissions (ASE) of polystyrene opals engineered with planar structural defects containing a conjugated polymer emitter. Defects in opals give rise to allowed states inside the photonic stop band, which are probed by transmittance and reflectance spectroscopy. The emission spectrum of the polymer embedded in the defect layer is strongly modified and fingerprints of defect states located inside the stop band are recognized. Amplified spontaneous emission for these engineered photonic crystals is clearly observed.

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