Configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state for ultrahigh light ellipticity discrimination

Yonghao Bu; Xiansong Ren; Jing Zhou; Zhenhan Zhang; Jie Deng; Hangyu Xu; Runzhang Xie; Tianxin Li; Weida Hu; Xia Guo; Wei Lu; Xiaoshuang Chen

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01193-4

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Configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state for ultrahigh light ellipticity discrimination

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- Configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state for ultrahigh light ellipticity discrimination
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 8, Pages: 1651-1660(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, 200083 Shanghai, China
  2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Yuquan Road, 100049 Beijing, China
  3.State Key Laboratory for Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 100876 Beijing, China
- Author bio：
  
  Jing Zhou (jzhou@mail.sitp.ac.cn)
  Weida Hu (wdhu@mail.sitp.ac.cn)
  Xiaoshuang Chen (xschen@mail.sitp.ac.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01193-4
  CLC：
- Published：31 August 2023，
  
  Published Online：14 July 2023，
  
  Received：23 November 2022，
  
  Revised：16 May 2023，
  
  Accepted：22 May 2023
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Bu Y. H. et al. Configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state for ultrahigh light ellipticity discrimination. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1651-1660 (2023).
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Bu Y. H. et al. Configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state for ultrahigh light ellipticity discrimination. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1651-1660 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01193-4.

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Abstract

Filterless light-ellipticity-sensitive optoelectronic response generally has low discrimination

thus severely hindering the development of monolithic polarization detectors. Here

we achieve a breakthrough based on a configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state created by the superposition of two photoresponses with enantiomerically opposite ellipticity dependences. The zero photocurrent and the significantly suppressed noise of the optoelectronic silent state singularly enhance the circular polarization extinction ratio (CPER) and the sensitivity to light ellipticity perturbation. The CPER of our device approaches infinity by the traditional definition. The newly established CPER taking noise into account is 3–4 orders of magnitude higher than those of ordinary integrated circular polarization detectors

and it remains high in an expanded wavelength range. The noise equivalent light ellipticity difference goes below 0.009° Hz

−1/2

at modulation frequencies above 1000 Hz by a light power of 281 μW. This scheme brings a leap in developing monolithic ultracompact circular polarization detectors.

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