All-optical emission control and lasing in plasmonic lattices

Jani M. Taskinen; Antti J. Moilanen; Heikki Rekola; Kim Kuntze; Arri Priimägi; Païvi Törmä; Tommi K. Hakala

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01099

All-optical emission control and lasing in plasmonic lattices

Jani M. Taskinen
, Antti J. Moilanen
, Heikki Rekola
, Kim Kuntze
, Arri Priimägi
, Païvi Törmä
, Tommi K. Hakala^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report on reversible all-optical emission control and lasing in plasmonic nanoparticle lattices. By incorporating photochromic molecules into the liquid gain medium composed of organic fluorescent molecules, we realize all-optical control over gain and absorption, the two key parameters associated with both conventional and nanoscale lasing. We demonstrate reversible photoswitching between two distinct modes of operation: (1) spontaneous emission to the lattice mode, characterized by broad emission line width, low emission intensity, and large angular distribution; and (2) lasing action, characterized by very narrow (sub-nm) line widths due to the emergence of increased gain and temporal coherence in the system, approximately 3 orders of magnitude increase in emission intensity, and narrow 0.7° angular divergence of the beam. A rate-equation model is employed to describe the operation of the switchable plasmonic laser. Our results provide the first demonstration of optically tunable losses in plasmonic lattice lasers, which is an important milestone for the development of active plasmonics and paves the way for ultrafast all-optical switching of plasmonic nanolasers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2850-2858
Number of pages	9
Journal	ACS Photonics
Volume	7
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01099
Publication status	Published - 2020
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work is part of the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme, Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN), decisions 320165, 320166, and 320167. This work was supported by the Academy of Finland under project numbers 322002, 303351, 307419, 327293, 324353, 318987 (QuantERA project RouTe), and 318937 (PROFI), by Centre for Quantum Engineering (CQE) at Aalto University, and by the European Research Council (Starting Grant Project PHOTOTUNE, decision number 679646). Part of the research was performed at the Micronova Nanofabrication Centre, supported by Aalto University. A.J.M. acknowledges financial support by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.

Keywords

Nanolasing
Optical control
Photoswitching
Plasmonics
Surface lattice resonance

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biotechnology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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All-optical emission control and lasing in plasmonic lattices

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