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Table 1.6.1— continued
Pure Polymer Lasers
Laser Pump
Photon wavelength wavelength
Material Solvent confinement (nm) (nm) Ref.
PPV neat mc ~545 355 6
PPV neat mc ~545 355 7
PPV neat mc (DBR) 530, 550 325, 355 16
sexithiophene (6T) — sc 592.6 355 19
Si–PPV wg 452 355 10

b—benzene, cf—chloroform, DBR—distributed Bragg reflectors, mc—microcavity, mr—microring,
pc—planar cavity, res—resonator, s—single mode, sc—single crystal, sh—shoulder, t—toluene,
wg—waveguide
* Peak(s) of photoluminescence; no lasing wavelength was reported.
** Whispering galley modes.

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