Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals

Abstract Random lasers had been made by some biomaterials as light scattering materials, but natural photonic crystals have been rarely reported as scattering materials. Here we demonstrate the ability of natural photonic crystals to drive laser actions by sandwiched the feathers of the Turquoise-Fr...

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Autores principales:	Shih-Wen Chen, Jin-You Lu, Po-Han Tung, Ja-Hon Lin, Matteo Chiesa, Bing-Yi Hung, Thomas Chung-Kuang Yang
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b60dd542655c49c8836278258823fe482021-12-02T14:16:42ZStudy of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals10.1038/s41598-021-81976-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/b60dd542655c49c8836278258823fe482021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81976-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Random lasers had been made by some biomaterials as light scattering materials, but natural photonic crystals have been rarely reported as scattering materials. Here we demonstrate the ability of natural photonic crystals to drive laser actions by sandwiched the feathers of the Turquoise-Fronted Amazon parrot and dye between two plastic films. Parrot feathers comprise abundant photonic crystals, and different color feathers compose of different ratios of the photonic crystal, which directly affect the feather reflectance. In this study, the multi-reflection scattering that occurred at the interface between the photonic crystal and gain media efficiently reduce the threshold; therefore, the more photonic crystal constitutes in the feathers; the lower threshold can be obtained. The random lasers can be easily made by the integration of bird feather photonic crystals and dye with a simple and sustainable manufacturing approach.Shih-Wen ChenJin-You LuPo-Han TungJa-Hon LinMatteo ChiesaBing-Yi HungThomas Chung-Kuang YangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Shih-Wen Chen Jin-You Lu Po-Han Tung Ja-Hon Lin Matteo Chiesa Bing-Yi Hung Thomas Chung-Kuang Yang Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
description	Abstract Random lasers had been made by some biomaterials as light scattering materials, but natural photonic crystals have been rarely reported as scattering materials. Here we demonstrate the ability of natural photonic crystals to drive laser actions by sandwiched the feathers of the Turquoise-Fronted Amazon parrot and dye between two plastic films. Parrot feathers comprise abundant photonic crystals, and different color feathers compose of different ratios of the photonic crystal, which directly affect the feather reflectance. In this study, the multi-reflection scattering that occurred at the interface between the photonic crystal and gain media efficiently reduce the threshold; therefore, the more photonic crystal constitutes in the feathers; the lower threshold can be obtained. The random lasers can be easily made by the integration of bird feather photonic crystals and dye with a simple and sustainable manufacturing approach.
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author	Shih-Wen Chen Jin-You Lu Po-Han Tung Ja-Hon Lin Matteo Chiesa Bing-Yi Hung Thomas Chung-Kuang Yang
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title	Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
title_short	Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
title_full	Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
title_fullStr	Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
title_full_unstemmed	Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
title_sort	study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b60dd542655c49c8836278258823fe48
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Study of laser actions by bird’s feathers with photonic crystals

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