TY - JOUR
T1 - Room-Temperature Self-Cavity Lasing From Organic Spintronic Materials
AU - Zhang, Minna
AU - Wu, Hao
AU - Yao, Xuri
AU - Ma, Jiyang
AU - Oxborrow, Mark
AU - Zhao, Qing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Crystal defects in solid-state spintronic materials play a crucial role in altering the optical properties of their hosts, enabling widespread applications in the field of quantum information processing. While the majority of the leading platforms are inorganic, they come with limitations such as the challenging material preparations and insufficient amount of active spins. Here, pentacene-doped p-terphenyl (Pc:Ptp), an organic spintronic material with easy preparations and tailorable functionalities normally used for microwave quantum electronics, is demonstrated for the first time its ability of self-cavity laser emission at room temperature. The laser emission is characterized by strong polarization and anisotropy, attributed to the unique packing of the doped molecules (i.e., active spins) within the crystal. The optical coherence is found to be a figure of merit to distinguish the processes of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and lasing in Pc:Ptp. This work highlights the potential of Pc:Ptp as a compact and efficient platform for light-matter interactions, offering significant promise for enhancing the performance of solid-state quantum devices based on the organic spintronic material.
AB - Crystal defects in solid-state spintronic materials play a crucial role in altering the optical properties of their hosts, enabling widespread applications in the field of quantum information processing. While the majority of the leading platforms are inorganic, they come with limitations such as the challenging material preparations and insufficient amount of active spins. Here, pentacene-doped p-terphenyl (Pc:Ptp), an organic spintronic material with easy preparations and tailorable functionalities normally used for microwave quantum electronics, is demonstrated for the first time its ability of self-cavity laser emission at room temperature. The laser emission is characterized by strong polarization and anisotropy, attributed to the unique packing of the doped molecules (i.e., active spins) within the crystal. The optical coherence is found to be a figure of merit to distinguish the processes of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and lasing in Pc:Ptp. This work highlights the potential of Pc:Ptp as a compact and efficient platform for light-matter interactions, offering significant promise for enhancing the performance of solid-state quantum devices based on the organic spintronic material.
KW - coherence
KW - laser
KW - molecular crystals
KW - pentacene-doped p-terphenyl
KW - spintronic materials
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U2 - 10.1002/lpor.202401820
DO - 10.1002/lpor.202401820
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85215504787
SN - 1863-8880
JO - Laser and Photonics Reviews
JF - Laser and Photonics Reviews
ER -