Tailoring the Chirality of Microlaser with Topological Structured Chiral Droplets

Abstract: The generation of chiral laser emission offers promising opportunities for modern photonic applications and the study of chiral light-mater interactions. Despite the great process made in recent years, the direct generation of chiral lasers with controllable chirality remains challenging in a microcavity. This study reports a strategy to control the emission chirality of whispering-gallery-mode organic microlasers with topological-structured chiral liquid crystal droplets. The findings suggest that the topological transformations in a microdroplet can induce different optical chirality strength and lasing polarization characteristics. In particular, the role of optical rotatory power was also investigated under linear and circular polarized excitation, where a vast lasing intensity difference between left/right circular polarized excitation was revealed. Theoretical analysis and simulation were carried out to support the significant findings. This study provides a facile tool for manipulating chiral laser emissions in microcavity, giving inspiration for topological-controlled photonics, chiral optical devices, and chiral molecular detection.