• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 7, 1227 (2023)
Wangqi Mao1、2, Xinyu Gao3, Bo Li1、2, Yaqiang Zhang3, Pei Wang1, Hongxing Dong2、3、4、*, and Long Zhang1、2、3、5、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
  • 4e-mail: hongxingd@siom.ac.cn
  • 5e-mail: lzhang@siom.ac.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.489700 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wangqi Mao, Xinyu Gao, Bo Li, Yaqiang Zhang, Pei Wang, Hongxing Dong, Long Zhang. Randomized whispering-gallery-mode microdisk laser arrays via cavity deformations for anti-counterfeiting labels[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(7): 1227 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Optical physical unclonable functions (PUFs) have emerged as a promising strategy for effective and unbreakable anti-counterfeiting. However, the unpredictable spatial distribution and broadband spectra of most optical PUFs complicate efficient and accurate verification in practical anti-counterfeiting applications. Here, we propose an optical PUF-based anti-counterfeiting label from perovskite microlaser arrays, where randomness is introduced through vapor-induced microcavity deformation. The initial perovskite microdisk laser arrays with regular positions and uniform sizes are fabricated by femtosecond laser direct ablation. By introducing vapor fumigation to induce random deformations in each microlaser cavity, a laser array with completely uneven excitation thresholds and narrow-linewidth lasing signals is obtained. As a proof of concept, we demonstrated that the post-treated laser array can provide fixed-point and random lasing signals to facilitate information encoding. Furthermore, different emission states of the lasing signal can be achieved by altering the pump energy density to reflect higher capacity information. A threefold PUF (excited under three pump power densities) with a resolution of 5×5 pixels exhibits a high encoding capacity (1.43×1045), making it a promising candidate to achieve efficient authentication and high security with anti-counterfeiting labels.
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    Wangqi Mao, Xinyu Gao, Bo Li, Yaqiang Zhang, Pei Wang, Hongxing Dong, Long Zhang. Randomized whispering-gallery-mode microdisk laser arrays via cavity deformations for anti-counterfeiting labels[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(7): 1227
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