Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene

Dehong Yang; Jiawei Lai; Zipu Fan; Shiyu Wang; Kainan Chang; Lili Meng; Jinluo Cheng; Dong Sun

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01735-4

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Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene

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- Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 4, Pages: 1125-1134(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
  2.Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049 Xi'an, China
  3.GPL Photonics Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130033 Changchun, China
  4.Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, 100871 Beijing, China
  5.Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
- Author bio：
  
  Jinluo Cheng (jlcheng@ciomp.ac.cn)
  Dong Sun (sundong@pku.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01735-4
  CLC：
- Received：03 July 2024，
  
  Revised：23 December 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-12-24，
  
  Published Online：06 March 2025，
  
  Published：30 April 2025
- Accepted：
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Yang, D. H. et al. Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1125-1134 (2025).
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Yang, D. H. et al. Dimensionality-enhanced mid-infrared light vortex detection based on multilayer graphene. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1125-1134 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01735-4.

摘要

Abstract

Recent conceptual demonstrations of direct photocurrent readout of light vortices have enabled the development of light orbital angular momentum-sensitive focal plane arrays and on-chip integration of orbital angular momentum detection. However

known orbital angular momentum-sensitive materials are limited to two topological Weyl Semimetals belonging to the

point group

namely

WTe

and TaIrTe

. Both are fragile under ambient conditions and challenging for large-scale epitaxial growth. In this work

we demonstrate that multilayer graphene

which is complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor compatible and epitaxially growable at the wafer scale

is applicable for orbital angular momentum detection in the mid-infrared region. Using a multilayer graphene photodetector with a designed U-shaped electrode geometry

we demonstrate that the topological charge of orbital angular momentum can be detected directly through the orbital photogalvanic effect and that the orbital angular momentum recognition capability of multilayer graphene is an order of magnitude greater than that of TaIrTe

. We f

ound that the detection capability of multilayer graphene is enabled by the enhanced orbital photogalvanic effect response due to the reduced dimensionality and scattering rate. Our work opens a new technical route to improve orbital angular momentum recognition capability and is immediately applicable for large-scale integration of ambient stable

mid-infrared direct orbital angular momentum photodetection devices.

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