High-speed readout for direct light orbital angular momentum photodetector via photoelastic modulation

Dehong Yang; Chang Xu; Jiawei Lai; Zipu Fan; Delang Liang; Shiyu Wang; Jinluo Cheng; Dong Sun

doi:10.1117/1.AP.7.4.046004

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 4, 046004(2025)

High-speed readout for direct light orbital angular momentum photodetector via photoelastic modulation

Dehong Yang¹, Chang Xu¹, Jiawei Lai², Zipu Fan¹, Delang Liang^1,3, Shiyu Wang¹, Jinluo Cheng⁴, and Dong Sun^1,5,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Peking University, School of Physics, International Center for Quantum Materials, Beijing, China

²Xi’an Jiaotong University, School of Physics, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Ministry of Education, Xi’an, China

³Hunan University, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Institute of Optoelectronic Integration, Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Physics and Technology of Hunan Province, Changsha, China

⁴Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Luminescence Science and Technology, GPL Photonics Laboratory, Changchun, China

⁵Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China

⁶Peking University, School of Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Beijing, China

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