Understanding temperature tuning of the all polymer co-extruded laser

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Abstract

We investigate the effects of elevated temperatures on a few types of all-polymer multilayer films that were fabricated using a co-extrusion melt-process technique. We report on the anisotropic thermal expansion of the multilayer films, which affects the photonic crystal structure via constituent wise induced anisotropic strains and a change in the relative refractive indices. In addition to the characterization of these films in the temperature range of approximately 20-95 degrees C, we show the application to non-contact temperature sensing and wavelength tuning of all polymer Distributed FeedBack (DFB) lasers and Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) lasers.

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Authors

  • Michael Crescimanno

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University

  • Jim Andrews

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University

  • Michael Aviles

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University

  • Nathan Dawson

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University

  • Joshua Petrus

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University

  • Anthony Mazzocco

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University

  • Ken Singer

    Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University

  • Eric Baer

    Macromolecular Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

  • Oleg Popov

    Miami University, Chemistry Department, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA 16802, unaffiliated, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210, Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, University of Cincinnati, Miami University of Ohio, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wayne State University, University of Tennessee, National Technical University of Athens, The University of Tennessee, Kettering Univeristy, University of Michigan-Dearborn, FNAL, Harvard University, California State University, Department of Physics, Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Applied Sciences Inc., Cedarville, Ohio, Oakland University, University of Stockholm, Arizona State University