Citation: Lei Wang, Jun-Jie Wu, Chang-Cun Yan, Wan-Ying Yang, Zong-Lu Che, Xin-Yu Xia, Xue-Dong Wang, Liang-Sheng Liao. Near-infrared organic lasers with ultra-broad emission bands by simultaneously harnessing four-level and six-level systems[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(8): 109365. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109365 shu

Near-infrared organic lasers with ultra-broad emission bands by simultaneously harnessing four-level and six-level systems

Lei Wang ^a ,
Jun-Jie Wu ^a ,
Chang-Cun Yan ^{b, *,} ,
Wan-Ying Yang ^a ,
Zong-Lu Che ^a ,
Xin-Yu Xia ^a ,
Xue-Dong Wang ^{a, **,} ,
Liang-Sheng Liao ^{a, c, **,}

a.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
b.
Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
c.
Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR 999078, China

^**

cyan@suda.edu.cn

wangxuedong@suda.edu.cn

lsliao@suda.edu.cn

Received Date: 26 September 2023
Revised Date: 24 November 2023
Accepted Date: 3 December 2023
Available Online: 5 December 2023

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Organic lasers with broad emission bands in near-infrared (NIR) region are crucial for their applications in laser communication, night-vision as well as bioimaging owing to the abundance of selectable lasing wavelengths. However, for most organic gain materials, gain regions are limited in a small wavelength range because of the fixed energy level systems. Herein, we design a strategy to realize NIR organic lasers with broad emission bands based on tunable energy level systems induced by cascaded excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT). A novel gain material named DHNN was developed, which can undergo a cascaded double-ESIPT process supporting four-level and six-level systems simultaneously. By doping DHNN into polystyrene microspheres, NIR lasers with tunable emission bands can be achieved based on the careful modulation of microcavities. Finally, organic lasers with an ultra-broad emission band ranging from 700 nm to 900 nm was successfully achieved by harnessing four-level and six-level systems simultaneously.
- Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer,
- Organic solid-state laser,
- Wide gain interval,
- Near-infrared emission,
- Molecular design
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