Angular distribution of luminescence dissymmetry observed from a random laser built upon the exocuticle of the scarab beetle Chrysina gloriosa

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 29; no. 23; pp. 37712 - 37721
• Main Authors: Lee, Seungsu, Kim, Hansol, Jeong, Yoonchan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 08.11.2021
• Subjects: Animal Shells - chemistry; Animal Shells - ultrastructure; Animals; Circular Dichroism; Coleoptera - chemistry; Coleoptera - ultrastructure; Equipment Design; Lasers; Luminescence; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Microscopy, Polarization - methods; Nanoparticles; Optical Imaging - methods; Rhodamines; Titanium
• ISSN: 1094-4087; 1094-4087
• DOI: 10.1364/OE.438697

We investigate the angular distribution of luminescence dissymmetry of random lasing in the mixture of rhodamine 6G and titanium dioxide nanoparticles upon a biocompatible natural material substrate, i.e., the elytron of the scarab beetle Chrysina gloriosa. We look into both green and gold-colored areas of the elytron that exhibit distinctly different circular dichroism properties. The fabricated sample asymmetrically emits both left- and right-handed circularly polarized light at 570 nm when pumped at 532 nm, depending on the direction of emission and the angle of the pump incidence. We characterize the light via measuring the angular distribution of its luminescence dissymmetry factor ( ), which reaches an unusually high maximal value of 0.90 or -0.50 at some specific angle depending on the handedness of its polarization. This random laser source can be used in numerous potential optoelectronic applications which require light emission of distributed luminescence dissymmetry or of high luminescence dissymmetry.