US 10,541,506 B1Granted

Conjugated polymer laser with temperature-controlled power output

AssigneeKing Saud University

InventorsSaradh Prasad Rajendra, Mohamad Saleh Alsalhi, Mamduh Jamil Aljaafreh

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Abstract

The conjugated polymer laser with temperature-controlled power output uses a triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer as the laser medium to produce an output laser beam having a beam energy tunable between approximately 20 μJ and approximately 325 μJ over a temperature range of the triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer between approximately 40° C. and approximately 85° C. The triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer laser medium is a solution of poly[N,N′-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N′-bisphenylbenzidine], known as poly-TPD(4B), dissolved in toluene. Poly-TPD(4B) has a long side chain of butyl (C4H9), providing temperature-dependent dimerization, which may not be found with shorter chains of butyl, such as in poly-TPD(4E) or poly-TPD(4M). The molar concentration of the poly-TPD in the solution is between approximately 5 μM and approximately 100 μM. Additional adjustable tuning of the molar concentration of the poly-TPD in the solution provides for wavelength tuning of the output laser beam between approximately 415 nm and approximately 445 nm.

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Dependent claims

A conjugated polymer laser with temperature-controlled power output, comprising:

a pump laser for generating an initial light beam defining a path;
a lens disposed in the path of the initial light beam for focusing the initial light beam into an excitation light beam;
a triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer, the polymer being unable to lase at or below a deactivation temperature and being activated to lase above the deactivation temperature, the polymer exhibiting increasing laser power output with increasing temperature after activation;
an optical cell containing the conjugated polymer, the optical cell being positioned so that the excitation light beam is directed towards the optical cell to cause the triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer to lase above the deactivation temperature, wherein the optical cell further comprises an inlet port and an outlet port, the conjugated polymer laser further comprising:
i) a first reservoir containing the conjugated polymer at a first concentration;
ii) a second reservoir containing the conjugated polymer at a second concentration distinct from the first concentration;
iii) a conduit system connecting the first and second reservoirs with the inlet and outlet ports of said optical cell;
iv) a plurality of control valves disposed in the conduit system configured to selectively fill said optical cell the solution from the first or the second reservoir and to recirculate the solution back to the corresponding reservoir;
and
v) a pump disposed in the conduit system to pump the solutions to and from the corresponding reservoirs for gross wavelength tuning of the output light beam;
an optical cavity spaced apart from the optical cell for intensifying stimulated radiation emitted from the conjugated polymer, the optical cavity having a fully-reflective mirror and a partially-reflective mirror, the partially-reflective mirror being configured for emitting an output light beam;
and
a temperature controller disposed to selectively and controllably adjust the temperature of the conjugated polymer to activate and deactivate stimulated emission of radiation from the conjugated polymer, and to tune a power output of the output light beam.

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A conjugated polymer laser, comprising:

a pump laser for generating an initial light beam defining a path;
a lens disposed in the path of the initial light beam for focusing the initial light beam into an excitation light beam;
a triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer;
an optical cell containing a solution of the triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer, the optical cell having an inlet port and an outlet port, the optical cell being positioned so that the excitation light beam is directed towards the optical cell to cause the triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer to lase;
an optical cavity spaced apart from the optical cell for intensifying stimulated radiation emitted from the triphenylamine dimer-based conjugated polymer, the optical cavity having a fully-reflective mirror and a partially-reflective mirror, the partially-reflective mirror being configured for emitting an output light beam, tunability of the output light beam over a range of wavelengths being dependent upon concentration of the solution of the conjugated polymer in the optical cell;
a first reservoir containing the solution of the conjugated polymer at low concentration;
a second reservoir containing the solution of the conjugated polymer at high concentration;
a conduit system connecting the first and second reservoirs with the inlet and outlet ports of said optical cell;
a plurality of control valves disposed in the conduit system configured to selectively fill said optical cell the solution from the first or the second reservoir and to recirculate the solution back to the corresponding reservoir;
and
a pump disposed in the conduit system to pump the solutions to and from the corresponding reservoirs for gross wavelength tuning of the output light beam.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.