Very low amplified spontaneous emission threshold from a molecular host-guest energy transfer system and electroluminescence from light-emitting diode structure

Stefano Toffanin; Raffaella Capelli; Gianluca Generali; Tsyr-Yuan Hwu; Ken-Tsung Wong; Roberto Zamboni; Michele Muccini

doi:10.1117/12.833639

2 October 2009 Very low amplified spontaneous emission threshold from a molecular host-guest energy transfer system and electroluminescence from light-emitting diode structure

Stefano Toffanin, Raffaella Capelli, Gianluca Generali, Tsyr-Yuan Hwu, Ken-Tsung Wong, Roberto Zamboni, Michele Muccini

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Proceedings Volume 7487, Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VI; 748703 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.833639
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

We report on the characteristics of a host-guest lasing system obtained by co-evaporation of an oligo(9,9-diarylfluorene) derivative named T3 with the red-emitter 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran dye (DCM). We demonstrate that the ambipolar semiconductor T3 can be implemented as active matrix in the realization of a host-guest system in which an efficient energy transfer takes place from T3 matrix to the lasing DCM molecules. We performed a spectroscopic study on the system by systematically varying the DCM concentration in the T3 matrix. Measurements of steady-state photoluminescence (PL), PL quantum yield (PLQY) and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) threshold are used to optimize the acceptor concentration at which the ASE from DCM molecules takes place with the lowest threshold. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) implementing the DCM:T3 host-guest system as recombination layer are fabricated for verifying the optical properties of the optimised blend in real working devices. Indeed, the very low ASE threshold of T3:DCM makes the investigated blend an appealing system for use as active layer in lasing devices. In particular, the ambipolar charge transport properties of the T3 matrix and its field-effect characteristics make the host-guest system presented here an ideal candidate for the realization of electrically-pumped organic lasers.

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Stefano Toffanin, Raffaella Capelli, Gianluca Generali, Tsyr-Yuan Hwu, Ken-Tsung Wong, Roberto Zamboni, and Michele Muccini "Very low amplified spontaneous emission threshold from a molecular host-guest energy transfer system and electroluminescence from light-emitting diode structure", Proc. SPIE 7487, Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VI, 748703 (2 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.833639

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