Electrically tunable liquid crystal laser using a nanoimprinted indium-tin-oxide electrode as a distributed feedback resonator

Optics Express
Kyung Won Yoon, Na Young Ha

Abstract

We demonstrated electrical tunability of a liquid crystal (LC) laser using a nanoimprinted indium-tin-oxide (ITO) film as a distributed feedback (DFB) resonator, a transparent electrode, and an alignment layer for LCs. From the field-induced reorientation of LCs and changes in effective refractive indices of guided laser modes, lasing emission is tuned by 6 nm at low applied voltage of 8.0 V. This is because the LC laser with the nanoimprinted ITO electrode has no additional insulating layers for lasing performance. The present system is based on the functional electrode and its active control provides various applications and advances in laser technology.

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