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Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films

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Toffanin, S; Kim, S; Cavallini, S; Natali, M; Benfenati, V; Amsden, JJ; Kaplan, DL; Zamboni, R; Muccini, M; Omenetto, FG
Published in: Applied Physics Letters
August 27, 2012

Silk is a natural biocompatible material that can be integrated in a variety of photonic systems and optoelectronic devices. The silk replication of patterned substrates with features down to tens of nanometers is exploited to realize highly transparent, mechanically stable, and free-standing structures with optical wavelength size. We demonstrate organic lasing from a blue-emitting stilbene-doped silk film spin-coated onto a one-dimensional distributed feedback grating (DFB). The lasing threshold is lower than that of organic DFB lasers based on the same active dye. These findings pave the way to the development of an optically active biocompatible technological platform based on silk. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.

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Applied Physics Letters

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0003-6951

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August 27, 2012

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101

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9

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  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 10 Technology
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Toffanin, S., Kim, S., Cavallini, S., Natali, M., Benfenati, V., Amsden, J. J., … Omenetto, F. G. (2012). Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 101(9). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748120
Toffanin, S., S. Kim, S. Cavallini, M. Natali, V. Benfenati, J. J. Amsden, D. L. Kaplan, R. Zamboni, M. Muccini, and F. G. Omenetto. “Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films.” Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 9 (August 27, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748120.
Toffanin S, Kim S, Cavallini S, Natali M, Benfenati V, Amsden JJ, et al. Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 2012 Aug 27;101(9).
Toffanin, S., et al. “Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films.” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, no. 9, Aug. 2012. Scopus, doi:10.1063/1.4748120.
Toffanin S, Kim S, Cavallini S, Natali M, Benfenati V, Amsden JJ, Kaplan DL, Zamboni R, Muccini M, Omenetto FG. Low-threshold blue lasing from silk fibroin thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 2012 Aug 27;101(9).

Published In

Applied Physics Letters

DOI

ISSN

0003-6951

Publication Date

August 27, 2012

Volume

101

Issue

9

Related Subject Headings

  • Applied Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 10 Technology
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences