Laser Applications of Dendrimers

Shinro MASHIKO, Shiyosi YOKOYAMA, Tatuo NAKAHAMA and Akira OTOMO
Abstract:
We have investigated optical properties of dye-encapsulated dendrimers for photonic application and observed severalinteresting behaviorCsuch as controlled intermolecular interactionsCsuper|radianceCand supernarrowing laser emission. A supernarrowing laser spectrum was obserbed without using any resonator mirrors due to moderate scattering caused by densely doped dendrimer aggregates in a polymer wavegaide. Weak scatteringf from the aggregated dendrimers in the host polimer matrix with galn is responsible for photon locarization.