Abstract
We report the fabrication of nanoporous liquid core lasers via direct laser writing based on two-photon absorption in combination with thiolene-chemistry. As gain medium Rhodamine 6G was embedded in the nanoporous polybutadiene matrix. The lasing devices with thresholds of 19 µJ/mm(2) were measured to have bulk refractive index sensitivities of 169 nm/RIU at a laser wavelength of 600 nm, demonstrating strongly increased overlap of the modes with the analyte in comparison to solid state evanescent wave sensors.
Highlights
Over the last years, optofluidic devices have emerged as highly promising building blocks for a multitude of technologies where simultaneous and precise control of light and fluids on a nano- and microscale is essential, such as energy conversion [1], on-chip photonics [2] and chemical and biological sensing platforms [3,4]
We report the fabrication of nanoporous liquid core lasers via direct laser writing based on two-photon absorption in combination with thiolene-chemistry
As gain medium Rhodamine 6G was embedded in the nanoporous polybutadiene matrix
Summary
Optofluidic devices have emerged as highly promising building blocks for a multitude of technologies where simultaneous and precise control of light and fluids on a nano- and microscale is essential, such as energy conversion [1], on-chip photonics [2] and chemical and biological sensing platforms [3,4]. In order to achieve highly integrated optofluidic circuits, fluidic channels can be used to guide light and liquid through the same physical volume known as liquid-core waveguides (LCWs) [5,6] This type of waveguide enables large light-matter interaction lengths in combination with small detection volumes, making it an inherently suitable platform for biological/chemical detection. The lasing devices were measured to have bulk refractive index sensitivities of 169 nm/RIU at a laser wavelength of 600 nm, demonstrating these ring resonators based on nanoporous liquid core waveguides to have an increased light matter interaction compared to solid state WGM sensors where only the evanescent field probes the liquid analyte in the surrounding
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