A security or identification device comprises a membrane laser structure configured to be optically pumped. The membrane laser structure comprises a flexible emission layer comprising a gain material; and one or more structures formed in or associated with the flexible emission layer and configured to provide optical feedback in the emission layer to produce a laser light output having at least one property representing an identifier.

A security or identification device comprises a membrane laser structure configured to be optically pumped. The membrane laser structure comprises a flexible emission layer comprising a gain material; and one or more structures formed in or associated with the flexible emission layer and configured to provide optical feedback in the emission layer to produce a laser light output having at least one property representing an identifier.

An on-chip optical absorption sensor for determining a concentration of a specimen in a sample, the optical absorption sensor comprising at least one light emitting device, configured to emit light in a first direction and a second direction being opposite the first direction; at least one sample holder configured to receive the sample, wherein the at least one sample holder is at least partially transparent for the emitted light, such that at least a portion of the light emitted in the first direction can propagate through at least a portion of the sample holder; at least one first light detector being arranged to detect at least partially the intensity I of the propagated light having propagated through the sample holder in the first direction; at least one second light detector being arranged to detect at least partially the intensity I of the light emitted in the second direction.

An on-chip optical absorption sensor for determining a concentration of a specimen in a sample, the optical absorption sensor comprising at least one light emitting device, configured to emit light in a first direction and a second direction being opposite the first direction; at least one sample holder configured to receive the sample, wherein the at least one sample holder is at least partially transparent for the emitted light, such that at least a portion of the light emitted in the first direction can propagate through at least a portion of the sample holder; at least one first light detector being arranged to detect at least partially the intensity I of the propagated light having propagated through the sample holder in the first direction; at least one second light detector being arranged to detect at least partially the intensity I of the light emitted in the second direction.

Disclosed are an external-cavity-free low-threshold perovskite laser device and an application thereof. A gain medium is a perovskite material or a combination of the perovskite material and other materials. An ingredient of the perovskite is A.sub.2A.sub.n1B.sub.nX.sub.3n+1, or ABX.sub.3, A is an organic amine cation, A is a monovalent cation, B is a metal cation, and X is an anion; and a preparation method of the gain medium comprises dissolving A X, AX and BX in a solvent to obtain a precursor solution of perovskite or a nanocrystalline, and the gain medium is prepared by a solution method. Or, the A X, the AX and the BX are prepared by non-solution methods such as evaporation, vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering and solid-state reaction. According to the laser device in the invention, a resonant cavity does not need to be additionally designed and machined, so that compactness and integration of the device are improved.

Disclosed are an external-cavity-free low-threshold perovskite laser device and an application thereof. A gain medium is a perovskite material or a combination of the perovskite material and other materials. An ingredient of the perovskite is A.sub.2A.sub.n1B.sub.nX.sub.3n+1, or ABX.sub.3, A is an organic amine cation, A is a monovalent cation, B is a metal cation, and X is an anion; and a preparation method of the gain medium comprises dissolving A X, AX and BX in a solvent to obtain a precursor solution of perovskite or a nanocrystalline, and the gain medium is prepared by a solution method. Or, the A X, the AX and the BX are prepared by non-solution methods such as evaporation, vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering and solid-state reaction. According to the laser device in the invention, a resonant cavity does not need to be additionally designed and machined, so that compactness and integration of the device are improved.

The invention provides a continuous-wave pumped polymer laser and preparation method thereof, comprising: coating an organic polymer solution onto a substrate to form an polymer film, and applying a template having a distributed feedback structure to the polymer film, or coating an organic polymer solution onto a substrate having a distributed feedback structure to form an polymer film, and applying a plate to the polymer film; heating the substrate to reach above the phase transition temperature of the organic polymer, and applying a pressure to the template or plate for 1-100 min; and cooling the substrate to reach below the phase transition temperature of the organic polymer, and removing the template or plate from the organic polymer. The method of the invention is simple, the organic polymer molecular chain and supramolecular structure are oriented to have long range order, and the obtained laser can use continuous-wave pumping.

The invention provides a continuous-wave pumped polymer laser and preparation method thereof, comprising: coating an organic polymer solution onto a substrate to form an polymer film, and applying a template having a distributed feedback structure to the polymer film, or coating an organic polymer solution onto a substrate having a distributed feedback structure to form an polymer film, and applying a plate to the polymer film; heating the substrate to reach above the phase transition temperature of the organic polymer, and applying a pressure to the template or plate for 1-100 min; and cooling the substrate to reach below the phase transition temperature of the organic polymer, and removing the template or plate from the organic polymer. The method of the invention is simple, the organic polymer molecular chain and supramolecular structure are oriented to have long range order, and the obtained laser can use continuous-wave pumping.

A tube preparation step of preparing a resin tube that has a tube wall impregnable with a solution including a fine substance and is made of a light-transmitting resin material, a solution preparation step of preparing a solution that includes a fine fluorescent substance that emits fluorescence or a fine scattering substance that scatters light as an oscillation material and an impregnation step of causing the resin tube to be immersed in the solution and causing the tube wall of the resin tube to be impregnated with the oscillation material, are included.

A tube preparation step of preparing a resin tube that has a tube wall impregnable with a solution including a fine substance and is made of a light-transmitting resin material, a solution preparation step of preparing a solution that includes a fine fluorescent substance that emits fluorescence or a fine scattering substance that scatters light as an oscillation material and an impregnation step of causing the resin tube to be immersed in the solution and causing the tube wall of the resin tube to be impregnated with the oscillation material, are included.