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It is critical to realize woven and wearable red-green-blue (RGB) whispering gallery mode (WGM) lasing that is tunable and flexible in the fiber braiding cavity. However, it is still a challenge to achieve tunable full-color lasing with the large color gamut by a facile approach. Here, we design the braiding cavity to realize RGB WGM lasing with high performance. The braiding cavity consists of three optical fibers coated with dye-doped polymer. Each fiber therein serves as a resonant cavity to support multiple lasing modes. There is no interference owing to the air gap between them; therefore, we can achieve full-color WGM lasing. The lasing emission in our fiber braiding cavity covers a color gamut of 86.7% larger than standard RGB space. Our work may provide a platform for potential applications in white laser and integrated optoelectronic devices.
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This work was supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. Z180015) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61822501).
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Ge, K., Xu, Z., Guo, D. et al. RGB WGM lasing woven in fiber braiding cavity. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 65, 182403 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-022-3436-y
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