Nano-second exciton-polariton lasing in organic microcavities

Abstract

Organic semiconductors are a promising platform for ambient polaritonics. Several applications, such as polariton routers, and many-body condensed matter phenomena are currently hindered due to the ultra-short polariton lifetimes in organics. Here, we employ a single-shot dispersion imaging technique, using 4 ns long non-resonant excitation pulses, to study polariton lasing in a λ/2 planar organic microcavity filled with BODIPY-Br dye molecules. At a power threshold density of 1.5 MW/cm 2, we observe the transition to a quasi-steady state, 1.2 ns long-lived, single-mode polariton lasing and the concomitant superlinear increase in photoluminescence, spectral line-narrowing, and energy blueshift.