Tailoring the lasing modes in CH₃NH₃PbBr₃ perovskite microplates via micro-manipulation

Laser emissions from perovskite microplates have been intensively studied recently. However, due to their relatively large sizes, most of them produced multiple lasing modes simultaneously. In order to improve the monochromaticity of perovskite microlasers without significantly affecting the output energy, here we demonstrate a simple way to tailor the number of lasing modes in a microcavity. By pushing an additional microplate to contact the lasing microplate, the number of lasing modes has been effectively reduced and single-mode laser operation has been achieved even though the size of the microplate is orders of magnitude larger than the lasing wavelengths. The corresponding extinction ratio can be as high as 11.8 dB. Our experimental results show that introducing the second microplate and the extremely narrow gain region play essential roles in achieving single-mode laser operation. We believe that our findings will be interesting for the applications of perovskite microdisk lasers.