Organic photonics includes the generation, emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and detection/sensing of light, using organic optical materials.
Fields within organic photonics include the liquid organic dye laser and solid-state organic dye lasers. Materials used in solid-state dye lasers include:
- laser dye-doped PMMA[1]
- laser dye-doped ormosil[2]
- laser dye-doped polymer-nanoparticle matrices[3]
- laser dye-doped bio-based gain media[4]
Organic-inorganic nanoparticle gain media are nanocomposites developed for solid-state dye lasers[3] and can also be used in biosensors,[5] bio analytics,[5] and nonlinear organic photonics applications.[6]
An additional class of organic materials used in the generation of laser light include organic semiconductors.[7][8] Conjugated polymers are widely used as optically pumped organic semiconductors.[7][8]