{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(17)"],"submitter":["Lucchetta DE"],"pubmed_abstract":["We report on the realization of Distributed Feedback (DFB) lasing by a high-resolution reflection grating integrated in a Photomobile Polymer (PMP) film. The grating is recorded in a recently developed holographic mixture basically containing halolakanes/acrylates and a fluorescent dye molecule (Rhodamine 6G). The PMP-mixture is placed around the grating spot and a subsequent curing/photo-polymerization process is promoted by UV-irradiation. Such a process brings to the simultaneous formation of the PMP-film and the covalent link of the PMP-film to the DFB-grating area (PMP-DFB system). The PMP-DFB allows lasing action when optically pumped with a nano-pulsed green laser source. Moreover, under a low-power light-irradiation the PMP-DFB bends inducing a spatial readdressing of the DFB-laser emission. This device is the first example of a light-controlled direction of a DFB laser emission. It could represent a novel disruptive optical technology in many fields of Science, making feasible the approach to free standing and light-controllable lasers."],"journal":["Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["2890"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9458089"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Light-Controlled Direction of Distributed Feedback Laser Emission by Photo-Mobile Polymer Films."],"pmcid":["PMC9458089"],"pubmed_authors":["Singh G","Francescangeli O","Lucchetta DE","Di Donato A","Castagna R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Light-Controlled Direction of Distributed Feedback Laser Emission by Photo-Mobile Polymer Films.","description":"We report on the realization of Distributed Feedback (DFB) lasing by a high-resolution reflection grating integrated in a Photomobile Polymer (PMP) film. The grating is recorded in a recently developed holographic mixture basically containing halolakanes/acrylates and a fluorescent dye molecule (Rhodamine 6G). The PMP-mixture is placed around the grating spot and a subsequent curing/photo-polymerization process is promoted by UV-irradiation. Such a process brings to the simultaneous formation of the PMP-film and the covalent link of the PMP-film to the DFB-grating area (PMP-DFB system). The PMP-DFB allows lasing action when optically pumped with a nano-pulsed green laser source. Moreover, under a low-power light-irradiation the PMP-DFB bends inducing a spatial readdressing of the DFB-laser emission. This device is the first example of a light-controlled direction of a DFB laser emission. It could represent a novel disruptive optical technology in many fields of Science, making feasible the approach to free standing and light-controllable lasers.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Aug","modification":"2025-04-18T22:41:51.657Z","creation":"2025-04-07T10:22:21.425Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9458089","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36079928"],"doi":["10.3390/nano12172890"]}}