Dynamically controlled random lasing with colloidal titanium carbide MXene

Wang, Zhuoxian; Azzam, Shaimaa I.; Meng, Xiangeng; Alhabeb, Mohamed; Chaudhuri, Krishnakali; Maleski, Kathleen; Kim, Young L.; Kildishev, Alexander V.; Shalaev, Vladimir M.; Gogotsi, Yury; Boltasseva, Alexandra

doi:10.1364/OME.398132

Dynamically controlled random lasing with colloidal titanium carbide MXene

Journal Article · Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Optical Materials Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.398132· OSTI ID:1651169

; ; Meng, Xiangeng; Alhabeb, Mohamed; Chaudhuri, Krishnakali; Maleski, Kathleen; Kim, Young L.; ; Shalaev, Vladimir M.; Gogotsi, Yury; Boltasseva, Alexandra

Control of lasing properties through tailorable and dynamically tunable materials and reconfigurable compositions can augment the performance of random lasers for a wide range of applications. Here, a colloid of randomly dispersed weakly scattering single-layer titanium carbide (Ti ₃ C ₂ T _x ) MXene flakes embedded within rhodamine 101 gain medium is experimentally shown to provide feedback for random lasing. Additionally, in contrast to previously reported random laser systems where the optical properties of scatterers are static, the relative permittivity of Ti ₃ C ₂ T _x MXene flakes can be varied under optical pumping due to the saturable absorption properties. Numerical simulations indicate that the observed nonlinear response of Ti ₃ C ₂ T _x MXene flakes enables dynamically tunable random lasing. Thus, pumping the Ti ₃ C ₂ T _x MXene flakes with a second optical source decreases the gain threshold required to obtain random lasing. Also, using numerical simulations, it is shown that the control over the intensity of the second pump enables tuning the field distribution of the random lasing modes. Considering the diversity of the MXenes family, the proposed MXene colloidal metamaterial design opens up a new avenue to advanced control of lasing properties for photonic applications.

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Research Organization:: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017717

OSTI ID:: 1651169

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1803147

Journal Information:: Optical Materials Express, Journal Name: Optical Materials Express Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 10; ISSN 2159-3930

Publisher:: Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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