Uniaxial Strain-Controlled Laser Emission Tuning from Polymer-Matrix-Embedded Laser Dye-Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microdroplets

Authors

  • Gia Petriashvili Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University
  • Ketevan Chubinidze Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University
  • Andro Chanishvili Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University
  • Tamara Tatrishvili Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry; Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • Nino Ponjavidze Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University
  • Tamar Makharadze Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University; Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • Elene Kalandia Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v18i3.1410

Abstract

We fabricated a polymer matrix containing cholesteric liquid-crystal-doped laser-dye microdroplets. Under uniaxial mechanical deformation, the polymer-matrix-embedded microdroplets tune their shape and optical parameters, as confirmed by polarized and fluorescence optical microscopy. Using a laser-pumping source, we stimulated laser emission from the microdroplets. In addition, we showed that polymer-supported, laser dye-doped cholesteric liquid-crystal microdroplets exhibit corresponding tuning of laser emission under uniaxial mechanical strain. In our experiments, we observed strain-stimulated tuning of laser lines over 45nm of the optical spectrum.

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2026-10-18

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G. Petriashvili, “Uniaxial Strain-Controlled Laser Emission Tuning from Polymer-Matrix-Embedded Laser Dye-Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microdroplets”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 47–49, Oct. 2026.

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2026): Photonics Letters of Poland Vol.18 No.3

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