Perovskite Origami for Programmable Microtube Lasing

Metal halide perovskites are promising materials for optoelectronic and photonic applications ranging from photovoltaics to laser devices. However, current perovskite devices are constrained to simple low-dimensional structures suffering from limited design freedom and holding up performance improvement and functionality upgrades. Here, a micro-origami technique is developed to program 3D perovskite microarchitectures toward a new type of microcavity laser. The design flexibility in 3D supports not only outstanding laser performance such as low threshold, tunable output, and high stability but also yields new functionalities like 3D confined mode lasing and directional emission in, for example, laser array-in-array systems. The results represent a significant step forward toward programmable microarchitectures that take perovskite optoelectronics and photonics into the 3D era.

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The development of a micro-origami technique enables the design of 3D perovskite microarchitectures for a new type of microcavity laser, which exhibits outstanding laser performance and new functionalities such as 3D confined mode lasing and directional emission. This represents a significant advancement towards programmable microarchitectures in perovskite optoelectronics and photonics in the 3D era.