ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409
Haoguang Liu, Yiyang Luo, Yixiang Sun, Yu An, Yao Yao, Jindong Wang, Cunzheng Fan, Qizhen Sun, Perry Ping Shum
{"title":"Gain-Dominated Phase Customization Enables the Hybrid Quaternary Encoding of Dissipative Soliton Molecules","authors":"Haoguang Liu, Yiyang Luo, Yixiang Sun, Yu An, Yao Yao, Jindong Wang, Cunzheng Fan, Qizhen Sun, Perry Ping Shum","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409","url":null,"abstract":"Soliton molecules constitute a fundamental structure in nonlinear optics, which presents a striking analogy with matter particles. The multiplicity of degrees of freedom endows them with the artificial manipulation of molecular patterns, yielding compelling scenarios toward on-demand harnessing for applied stimuli, in which the molecular phase gradually reveals its remarkable controllability. Here, we report a quaternary encoding scheme relying upon gain-dominated phase customization. Initially, via artificial modulation of laser gain, the deterministic harnessing of the type and velocity of molecular phase evolution is well implemented, in which one phase-oscillating state, one stationary state, and two phase-sliding states with different evolving velocities can be reliably switched to each another. Moreover, taking the four states in different phase regions as the encoding symbols, the hybrid quaternary encoding format is implemented. Due to the distinct characteristics of each phase region, this scheme can facilitate the recognition of the code symbols, therefore possessing high fidelity and high antijamming capability. Particularly, incorporating both type and velocity of molecular phase as characteristics of the code elements endows the hybrid encoding scheme with the potential for dimensional scalability. All of these results experimentally demonstrate the encoding capabilities of relative phase as well as highlight their potential applications in large-capacity all-optical storage and soliton communication.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143507198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616
Ozan Arı, Nahit Polat, Volkan Fırat, Özgür Çakır, Serkan Ateş
{"title":"Temperature-Dependent Spectral Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Color Centers","authors":"Ozan Arı, Nahit Polat, Volkan Fırat, Özgür Çakır, Serkan Ateş","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616","url":null,"abstract":"Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are emerging as a mature platform for single-photon sources in quantum technology applications. In this study, we investigate the temperature-dependent spectral properties of a single defect in hBN to understand the dominant dephasing mechanisms due to phonons. We observe a sharp zero-phonon line (ZPL) emission accompanied by Stokes and anti-Stokes optical phonon sidebands assisted by the Raman-active low-energy (≈ 6.5 meV) interlayer shear mode of hBN. The shape of the spectral lines around the ZPL is measured down to 78 K, at which the line width of the ZPL is measured as 211 μeV. Using a quadratic electron–phonon interaction, the temperature-dependent broadening and the lineshift of the ZPL are found to follow a temperature dependence of <i>T</i> + <i>T</i><sup>5</sup> and <i>T</i> + <i>T</i><sup>3</sup>, respectively. Furthermore, the temperature-dependent line shape around the ZPL at low-temperature conditions is modeled with a linear electron–phonon coupling theory, which results in a 0 K Debye–Waller factor of the ZPL emission as 0.59. Our results provide insights into the underlying mechanisms of electron–phonon coupling in hBN, which is critical to enhance their potential for applications in quantum technologies.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"210 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143507205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temperature-Dependent Spectral Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Color Centers","authors":"Ozan Arı*, Nahit Polat, Volkan Fırat, Özgür Çakır and Serkan Ateş*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0261610.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are emerging as a mature platform for single-photon sources in quantum technology applications. In this study, we investigate the temperature-dependent spectral properties of a single defect in hBN to understand the dominant dephasing mechanisms due to phonons. We observe a sharp zero-phonon line (ZPL) emission accompanied by Stokes and anti-Stokes optical phonon sidebands assisted by the Raman-active low-energy (≈ 6.5 meV) interlayer shear mode of hBN. The shape of the spectral lines around the ZPL is measured down to 78 K, at which the line width of the ZPL is measured as 211 μeV. Using a quadratic electron–phonon interaction, the temperature-dependent broadening and the lineshift of the ZPL are found to follow a temperature dependence of <i>T</i> + <i>T</i><sup>5</sup> and <i>T</i> + <i>T</i><sup>3</sup>, respectively. Furthermore, the temperature-dependent line shape around the ZPL at low-temperature conditions is modeled with a linear electron–phonon coupling theory, which results in a 0 K Debye–Waller factor of the ZPL emission as 0.59. Our results provide insights into the underlying mechanisms of electron–phonon coupling in hBN, which is critical to enhance their potential for applications in quantum technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 3","pages":"1676–1682 1676–1682"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02616","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0240910.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409
Haoguang Liu, Yiyang Luo*, Yixiang Sun, Yu An, Yao Yao, Jindong Wang, Cunzheng Fan, Qizhen Sun* and Perry Ping Shum,
{"title":"Gain-Dominated Phase Customization Enables the Hybrid Quaternary Encoding of Dissipative Soliton Molecules","authors":"Haoguang Liu, Yiyang Luo*, Yixiang Sun, Yu An, Yao Yao, Jindong Wang, Cunzheng Fan, Qizhen Sun* and Perry Ping Shum, ","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0240910.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02409","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Soliton molecules constitute a fundamental structure in nonlinear optics, which presents a striking analogy with matter particles. The multiplicity of degrees of freedom endows them with the artificial manipulation of molecular patterns, yielding compelling scenarios toward on-demand harnessing for applied stimuli, in which the molecular phase gradually reveals its remarkable controllability. Here, we report a quaternary encoding scheme relying upon gain-dominated phase customization. Initially, via artificial modulation of laser gain, the deterministic harnessing of the type and velocity of molecular phase evolution is well implemented, in which one phase-oscillating state, one stationary state, and two phase-sliding states with different evolving velocities can be reliably switched to each another. Moreover, taking the four states in different phase regions as the encoding symbols, the hybrid quaternary encoding format is implemented. Due to the distinct characteristics of each phase region, this scheme can facilitate the recognition of the code symbols, therefore possessing high fidelity and high antijamming capability. Particularly, incorporating both type and velocity of molecular phase as characteristics of the code elements endows the hybrid encoding scheme with the potential for dimensional scalability. All of these results experimentally demonstrate the encoding capabilities of relative phase as well as highlight their potential applications in large-capacity all-optical storage and soliton communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 3","pages":"1601–1608 1601–1608"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02270
Zhi-He Hao, Zhen-Xuan He, Jovan Maksimovic, Tomas Katkus, Jin-Shi Xu, Saulius Juodkazis, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Stefania Castelletto
{"title":"Laser Writing and Spin Control of Near-Infrared Emitters in Silicon Carbide","authors":"Zhi-He Hao, Zhen-Xuan He, Jovan Maksimovic, Tomas Katkus, Jin-Shi Xu, Saulius Juodkazis, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Stefania Castelletto","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02270","url":null,"abstract":"Near-infrared emission in silicon carbide (SiC) holds potential advantages to reduce losses in fiber-optic quantum communication, integrated quantum photonics, and quantum sensing based on single-photon emission and spin qubits. In this paper, we study the fluorescence emission of a direct femtosecond laser written array of color centers in SiC, followed by thermal annealing. We show that in high-energy laser writing pulse regions, a near-telecom O-band ensemble fluorescence emission is observed after thermal annealing, and it is tentatively attributed to the nitrogen vacancy center in SiC. Further in the low-energy laser irradiation spots after annealing, we fabricated a few divacancy PL5 and PL6 types and demonstrate their optical spin read-out and coherent spin manipulation (Rabi and Ramsey oscillations and spin echo). We show that direct laser writing and thermal annealing can yield bright near-telecom emission and allows the spin manipulation of the divacancy with above 1.6 μs coherence time at room temperature.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coherence Properties of Rare-Earth Spins in Micrometer-Thin Films","authors":"Zihua Chai, Zhaocong Wang, Xinghang Chen, Quanshen Shen, Zeyu Gao, Junyu Guan, Hanyu Zhang, Ya Wang, Yang Tan, Feng Chen, Kangwei Xia","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02520","url":null,"abstract":"Rare-earth ions in bulk crystals are excellent solid-state quantum systems in quantum information science owing to their exceptional optical and spin coherence properties. However, the weak fluorescence of single rare-earth ions presents a significant challenge for scalability, necessitating the integration into microcavities. Thin films serve as a promising material platform for the integration, yet fabrication without compromising the properties of the materials and rare-earth ions remains challenging. In this work, we fabricate micrometer-thin yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) films from bulk crystals using ion implantation techniques. The resulting films preserve the single-crystalline structure of the original bulk crystal. Notably, the embedded rare-earth ions are photostable and exhibit bulk-like spin coherence properties. Our results demonstrate the compatibility of bulk-like spin properties with the thin-film fabrication technique, facilitating the efficient integration of rare-earth ions into on-chip photonic devices and advancing the applications of rare-earth ionsin quantum technologies.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143507200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0163210.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632
Yumeng Luo, Yuqi Liu, Hongyu Yu* and Kwai Hei Li*,
{"title":"Optical Tactile Sensor Based on Monolithically Integrated GaN Devices with PDMS/CaCO3 Reflective Domes","authors":"Yumeng Luo, Yuqi Liu, Hongyu Yu* and Kwai Hei Li*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0163210.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632","url":null,"abstract":"<p >With the rapid advancements in modern technology, the demand for advanced tactile sensors capable of precisely detecting the magnitude and position of the applied force has grown exponentially urgent. Optical methodologies in force sensing, despite offering exceptional sensitivity and swift responsiveness, often necessitate the alignment of external optics, hindering the pursuit of high-density integration and downscaling. In this work, a compact optical tactile sensor incorporating a GaN device with a deformable reflective dome is introduced. The device adopts a monolithic integration approach comprising a light emitter and four photodetectors. The PDMS dome, embedded with calcium carbonate powder, functions as a light modulator, effectively converting tactile signals into optical signals. The developed sensor exhibits a compact footprint of 4 × 4 mm<sup>2</sup> and a measurement range from 0 to 1.1 N with a high resolution of 1.5 mN. Additionally, an encoding system is implemented to recognize the orientation of the applied force and wirelessly transmit the results to a user interface, revealing the potential use of the proposed optical tactile sensor in practical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 3","pages":"1359–1366 1359–1366"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0259610.1021/acsphotonics.4c02596
Keisuke Moriasa, Hiroaki Hasebe, Hiroshi Sugimoto* and Minoru Fujii*,
{"title":"Sub-Bandgap Photocurrent Enhancement in Silicon Nanodisk Hexagonal Array Induced by Fabry–Pérot Bound States in the Continuum","authors":"Keisuke Moriasa, Hiroaki Hasebe, Hiroshi Sugimoto* and Minoru Fujii*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c0259610.1021/acsphotonics.4c02596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02596https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02596","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We develop a silicon (Si) nanodisk array on a gold (Au) mirror structure as a platform for a Si-based narrow-band photodetector operating in the sub-bandgap wavelength range. Numerical simulations reveal that the structure possesses the Fabry–Pérot bound states in the continuum (BIC) arising from the destructive interference between the toroidal dipole resonance of the nanodisk array and the mirror dipole. At the critical coupling conditions, narrow band perfect absorption is achieved even if the extinction coefficient of Si nanodisks is very small. We produce the designed structure by nanosphere lithography and studied the reflectance and photocurrent spectra as a function of the distance between a Si nanodisk array and a Au mirror. We demonstrated that the photocurrent can be enhanced in the sub-bandgap wavelength range at the critical coupling condition, and the enhancement factor is modulated by the Si nanodisk array–mirror distance.</p>","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 3","pages":"1658–1665 1658–1665"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2025-02-26DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632
Yumeng Luo, Yuqi Liu, Hongyu Yu, Kwai Hei Li
{"title":"Optical Tactile Sensor Based on Monolithically Integrated GaN Devices with PDMS/CaCO3 Reflective Domes","authors":"Yumeng Luo, Yuqi Liu, Hongyu Yu, Kwai Hei Li","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01632","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid advancements in modern technology, the demand for advanced tactile sensors capable of precisely detecting the magnitude and position of the applied force has grown exponentially urgent. Optical methodologies in force sensing, despite offering exceptional sensitivity and swift responsiveness, often necessitate the alignment of external optics, hindering the pursuit of high-density integration and downscaling. In this work, a compact optical tactile sensor incorporating a GaN device with a deformable reflective dome is introduced. The device adopts a monolithic integration approach comprising a light emitter and four photodetectors. The PDMS dome, embedded with calcium carbonate powder, functions as a light modulator, effectively converting tactile signals into optical signals. The developed sensor exhibits a compact footprint of 4 × 4 mm<sup>2</sup> and a measurement range from 0 to 1.1 N with a high resolution of 1.5 mN. Additionally, an encoding system is implemented to recognize the orientation of the applied force and wirelessly transmit the results to a user interface, revealing the potential use of the proposed optical tactile sensor in practical applications.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143495853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sub-Bandgap Photocurrent Enhancement in Silicon Nanodisk Hexagonal Array Induced by Fabry–Pérot Bound States in the Continuum","authors":"Keisuke Moriasa, Hiroaki Hasebe, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Minoru Fujii","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02596","url":null,"abstract":"We develop a silicon (Si) nanodisk array on a gold (Au) mirror structure as a platform for a Si-based narrow-band photodetector operating in the sub-bandgap wavelength range. Numerical simulations reveal that the structure possesses the Fabry–Pérot bound states in the continuum (BIC) arising from the destructive interference between the toroidal dipole resonance of the nanodisk array and the mirror dipole. At the critical coupling conditions, narrow band perfect absorption is achieved even if the extinction coefficient of Si nanodisks is very small. We produce the designed structure by nanosphere lithography and studied the reflectance and photocurrent spectra as a function of the distance between a Si nanodisk array and a Au mirror. We demonstrated that the photocurrent can be enhanced in the sub-bandgap wavelength range at the critical coupling condition, and the enhancement factor is modulated by the Si nanodisk array–mirror distance.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143507201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}