Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 44, Issue 3, 371(2025)
Advances in integrated polarization detectors with innovative features
Fig. 1. (a)Mid-infrared semimetal polarization detector with configurable polarity transition[23]: (i)Schematic of the detector structure and electrical connections; (ii)Polarization-dependent optical response under different gate voltages. When Vg = -23 V, the photoresponse induced by 135° polarized light equals 0; (iii)and (iv)Nonlocal vector photocurrent induced by nanoantennas under 0° and 90° polarized light. (b)Te nanoribbon infrared photodetector integrated with a perfect plasmonic absorber on one electrode[25]: (i)Schematic of the device structure; (ii)Polarization-dependent optical absorption characteristics of the perfect plasmonic absorber; (iii)Heating one end of Te using the perfect plasmonic absorber; (iv)Polarization-dependent photoresponse characteristics under different power. (c)Configurable integrated linear polarization detector with a set of orthogonal gratings[32]: (i)Schematic of the device structure; (ii)Modulation of polarization-sensitive characteristics of the detector by adjusting the gate voltage; (iii)Single-pixel imaging. (d)Configurable integrated circular polarization detector based on the optoelectronic silent state[16]: (i)Schematic of the device structure; (ii)Adjustment of the photoresponse of the detector by changing the light spot position, where the photocurrent generated by right-handed circular polarized light can be reduced to 0; (iii)Noise of the device under different polarization angles; (iv)Contour of CPER (wavelength λ, frequency f)of the detector dimer in the LCP-responsive ultrahigh-CPER mode based on experimental data
Fig. 2. (a)The polarization photodetector based on CdSb2Se3Br2/WSe2 heterojunction[37]: (i)schematic of the detector structure; (ii)achieving an infinite PER near gate voltages of -20 V and -6 V. (b)photovoltaic heterostructure based on 1T’-MoTe2 and WSe2[38]: (i)schematic of the detector materials; (ii)Polarization-dependent photocurrent under different gate voltages. (c)black phosphorus photodetector with BPVE defined by ferroelectric domains[39]: (i)schematic of the detector structure and polarization pattern of the ferroelectric domains; (ii)dependence of the photocurrent on bias voltage under different polarization angles
Fig. 3. (a)Zero-bias mid-infrared graphene photodetector with bulk photoresponse and calibration-free polarization detection[35]: (i)schematic diagram of the device structure and electrical connections; (ii)polarization-dependent photocurrent measured at the three ports of the device, all showing a polarization extinction ratio of -1. (b)geometric filterless photodetector[24]: (i)illustration of the T-antenna integrated on graphene; (ii)photocurrent response of the device to different Stokes parameters. (c)zero-bias long-wave infrared nanoantenna-mediated graphene photodetector[47]: (i)schematic representation of the device structure; (ii)bipolar photocurrent response dependent on polarization. (d)circularly polarized light photodetector using dielectric achiral nanostructures[36]: (i)schematic diagram of the device structure; (ii)coupling differences of dielectric achiral nanostructures on left- and right-handed circularly polarized light
Fig. 4. (a)Thermopile detector capable of measuring optical ellipticity[48]: (i)The unit structure of the device and the spatial distribution of the unit structure; (ii)The patterned Au couples with specific handedness of circularly polarized light, resulting in localized temperature enhancement. (b)A chiral graphene mid-infrared optoelectronic detector[44]: (i)Schematic diagram of the device structure and electrical connections; (ii)The device exhibits photoresponses of equal intensity but opposite direction for left- and right-handed circular polarized light. (c)Plasmonic nanocircuits capable of circularly polarized photodetection[49]: (i)schematic of the structure of the device and the energy band structure of the Ge detector; (ii)Electric field distribution of the device under illumination with different handedness of circular polarized light; (iii)Output intensities of the two channels at different polarization states; and (iv)polarization-differential photocurrents
Fig. 5. (a)Graphene-Si full-Stokes detector integrated with chiral plasmonic metasurfaces[18]: (i)schematic of the device structure and electrical connections; (ii)scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)image of the device; (iii)polarization-dependent characteristics of the photocurrents generated by the four sub-pixels. (b)mid-infrared full-Stokes polarimeter based on PTE[41]: (i)structural parameters of the metasurfaces and optical image; (ii)Two-dimensional plot of Port 1 and Port 2 under different azimuthal angle θ and ellipticity angle φ; (c)on-chip full-Stokes polarimeter based on optoelectronic polarization eigenvectors[17]: (i)schematic of the device structure and electrical connections; (ii)the optoelectronic conversion matrix and the r.m.s.e. values of the Stokes vector components at different wavelengths. (d)full-Stokes polarimeter using only 2D materials, and their incident light needs to be tilted: (i)full-Stokes polarimeter based on SL-MoS2/FL-MoS2 heterostructure[19]; (ii)full-Stokes polarimeter based on chiral perovskites[54]
Fig. 6. (a)Structure diagram of a multidimensional optoelectronic detector based on a TDBG and a diagram of an artificial neural network[55]. (b)broadband multidimensional optoelectronic detector based on metasurfaces[56]: (i)SEM image of the detector, with three ports integrated with metasurfaces of different structures; (ii)polarization-dependent photocurrent at wavelengths of 1.55 μm, 4 μm, and 7 μm at the three ports. (c)multidimensional optoelectronic detector based on twisted b-AsP heterojunctions[57]: (i)structural diagram of the detector and electrical connection diagram; (ii)polarization- and wavelength-dependent responsivity at the two ports of the detector. (d)misaligned unipolar barrier photodetector[58]: (i)structure diagram of the detector; (ii)polarization-dependent photocurrent under bias voltages of 0.4 V and -0.4 V
Fig. 7. (a)Trilobite-inspired neural nanophotonic light-field camera with extreme depth-of-field[59]:(i)Optical microscope image and SEM image of the bioinspired photonic spin-multiplexed metalens array. (ii)Conceptual sketch of the light-field imaging camera and the working principle of the system with metalens array achieving spin-dependent bifocal light-field imaging. (iii)The rendered center-of-view images for LCP, RCP, and natural light. (b)Chip-integrated metasurface full-Stokes polarimetric imaging sensor[50]: (i)Image of the full Stokes polarimetric CMOS imaging sensor. (ii)A full Stokes polarization image of 3D glasses against an unpolarized background. (c)Dispersion-assisted multidimensional photodetector[60]: (i)Simultaneous mapping of polarization and spectral information in single-shot imaging; (ii)Schematic of the deep residual network; (iii)Detection of targets with multiple polarization and wavelength information using the multidimensional spectral polarization imager
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Yong-Hao BU, Jing ZHOU, Jie DENG, Ruo-Wen WANG, Tao YE, Meng-Die SHI, Jun-Wei HUANG, Yu-Jie ZHANG, Jun NING, Wei LU, Xiao-Shuang CHEN. Advances in integrated polarization detectors with innovative features[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2025, 44(3): 371
Category: Infrared Physics, Materials and Devices
Received: Feb. 13, 2025
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Published Online: Jul. 9, 2025
The Author Email: Jing ZHOU (jzhou@mail.sitp.ac.cn), Xiao-Shuang CHEN (xschen@mail.sitp.ac.cn)