Flexible random lasers in dye-doped bio-degradable cellulose nanocrystalline needles
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2020-01-01
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Germano, Gleice C.M.
Machado, Yan D.R.
Martinho, Lucas
Fernandes, Susete N.
Costa, Antonio Mario L.M.
Pecoraro, Edison [UNESP]
Gomes, Anderson S.L.
Carvalho, Isabel C.S.
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In this work, we developed and investigated a random laser based on rhodamine6G (Rh6G) in ethylene glycol (EG) solution with varying cellulose nanocrystalline (CNC) needles as scatterers in the lasing media. Besides the suspension-in-cuvette scheme, an alternative configuration was also employed: a dye-CNC flexible self-supported thick-film (70 µm) random laser made by drop casting of the CNCs + Rh6G + hydroxypropyl cellulose suspension. In relation to conventional scatterers, the biodegradable cellulose nanocompounds showed a comparable reduction in both the spectral full width at half-maximum and the energy threshold values, with an optimal concentration of 5 mg [CNC]/ml[EG] in suspension. Its performance was also compared with other cellulose-based random lasers, presenting advantages for some parameters. The flexible film configuration showed similar results, but contained 10% less Rh6G than the suspension.
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Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, v. 37, n. 1, p. 24-29, 2020.