The authors observed amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from dye-doped polymer film sandwiched by two opal photonic crystals (PhCs). The ASE effect occurred at with a full width at half maximum of about , which corresponds to the -point gap edge of the opal PhCs. Photoluminescence lifetimes of both dye-doped polymer films with and without opal PhCs were measured and corroborated that the ASE of the dye-doped polymer film emission is due to the presence of the photonic stop band.
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