ACS PhotonicsPub Date : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01656
Haipeng Di, Dan Liu, Nan Li, Yuliang Yi, Xulong Gao, Manjing Wang, Tao Zeng, Jingjing Zhao
{"title":"“Trash to Treasure” Recycling of Perovskite Single Crystals for X-ray Detection and Imaging","authors":"Haipeng Di, Dan Liu, Nan Li, Yuliang Yi, Xulong Gao, Manjing Wang, Tao Zeng, Jingjing Zhao","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01656","url":null,"abstract":"Organometal halide perovskite single crystals (PSCs) have drawn intensive attention in X-ray detection due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties. However, they currently suffer from a short lifespan caused by a phase transition or water and oxygen erosion. Sustainably recycling end-of-life PSCs is essential for reducing environmental impact and saving costs on raw materials and time. Herein, we propose a “trash to treasure” economically recycling strategy, which utilizes ammonium salt-assisted octahedral [PbI<sub>6</sub>]<sup>4–</sup> reconstruction and rearrangement to in situ treat various degraded PSCs. X-ray detectors based on the recycled PSCs demonstrate significantly enhanced performances comparable to those of previously reported fresh PSCs. For example, the recycled FAPbI<sub>3</sub> detectors show a high sensitivity of 4.32 × 10<sup>4</sup> μC Gy<sub>air</sub><sup>–1</sup> cm<sup>–2</sup> and a low limit of detection of 8.3 nGy<sub>air</sub> s<sup>–1</sup>, along with a high spatial resolution of 7.0 lp mm<sup>–1</sup>. Furthermore, this method has also been successfully employed to construct 2D/3D heterojunctions. This method offers universality, effectiveness, and simplicity, thereby inspiring the recycling and reuse of degraded perovskites.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841690","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 : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01680
Lorenzo Stasi, Towsif Taher, Giovanni V. Resta, Hugo Zbinden, Rob Thew, Félix Bussières
{"title":"Enhanced Detection Rate and High Photon-Number Efficiencies with a Scalable Parallel SNSPD","authors":"Lorenzo Stasi, Towsif Taher, Giovanni V. Resta, Hugo Zbinden, Rob Thew, Félix Bussières","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01680","url":null,"abstract":"Since their inception, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors have been enabling quantum optical applications and the rise of the photonic quantum industry. The evolution in the detector design and read-out strategies has led to the introduction of devices with a plurality of independent pixels, which have been able to operate with high system detection efficiency at high speed while also supporting photon number resolution capabilities. However, this comes at the cost of a complex readout that requires one coaxial cable for each pixel of the array. Here, we report a 28-pixel SNSPD with a dedicated parallel architecture that, while maintaining a simple readout with a single coaxial line, enables the detector to operate at high speed with low-performance degradation. The device shows a maximum single-photon efficiency of 88% and is able to maintain its efficiency above 50%, coupled with a timing jitter lower than 80 ps, up to a detection rate of 200 million counts per second. The detector also provides state-of-the-art photon-number-resolving performances with a 2-photon efficiency of 75% and a 3-photon efficiency of 62%.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"256 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841693","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 : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01623
Yi Zhou, Gai Zhou, Yuwen Qin, Songnian Fu, Alan Pak Tao Lau, Philippe Grelu, Kenneth K. Y. Wong
{"title":"Revealing Optical Soliton Radiation and Encoding via Nonlinear Fourier Transform","authors":"Yi Zhou, Gai Zhou, Yuwen Qin, Songnian Fu, Alan Pak Tao Lau, Philippe Grelu, Kenneth K. Y. Wong","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01623","url":null,"abstract":"Mode-locked lasers exhibit a rich diversity of nonlinear dynamics, often featuring the nontrivial coexistence of linear dispersive waves and coherent structures, especially in transient evolution involving multiple soliton pulses. The coexistence of solitons and an embedded dispersive wave background sets a challenge for characterizing and analyzing these transient dynamics. Here, we demonstrate the real-time full-field characterization of transient soliton dynamics in a mode-locked fiber laser using nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) and high-bandwidth coherent homodyne detection, revealing new insights into the physics of optical soliton interactions within complex nonlinear systems. Such characterization includes the formation of multiple solitons amid wide relaxation oscillations, the switching of multiple solitons, and controlled soliton drifting with associated digital encoding. NFT proves its efficiency in separating and analyzing coherent structures among the dispersive wave radiation in fiber lasers. By implementation of the inverse NFT, the corresponding pure soliton distribution can be reconstructed. These findings shed new light on ultrafast transient dynamics in optics.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142841680","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 : 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01577
Xiaojun Su, Hui Chai, Di Sun, Chaoran Liu, Zhipeng Wei
{"title":"Built-In 3D-Heterojunction Optical Microcavity Based on an Embedded Microsize Single Crystal in Collaborative Dendritic Perovskite Microcrystals for Ultraviolet Narrowband Photodetectors","authors":"Xiaojun Su, Hui Chai, Di Sun, Chaoran Liu, Zhipeng Wei","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01577","url":null,"abstract":"A collaborative dendritic perovskite microcrystal with a built-in optical microcavity in the 3D-heterostructure device was synthesized to obtain ultraviolet narrowband detection by narrowing the double response edge. The two reflection oscillation modes of the four pyramid optical cavities constructed within perovskite microcrystals promote photogenerated charge carriers’ attachment to the crystal side along the light reflection trajectory. The radial capacitance unique to the 3D heterojunction in this device guides the recombination of long wavelength charges gathered on the crystal surface, thus eliminating long-wavelength photoresponse to obtain an ultraviolet narrowband. As a result of the simultaneous narrowing of the response from both sides, a specific narrowband ultraviolet response with a full width at half-maximum (fwhm) of less than 40 nm is obtained. The synergistic effect of three regions in the dendritic microcrystals is used to capture photons and transport and confine charges, breaking through the limitation of the responsivity of a single microcrystalline unit to the same level of response as large-area polycrystalline devices.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832669","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 : 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01200
Sukrith Dev, Nathan Anthony, Monica Allen, Jeffery Allen
{"title":"Contactless Multicolor Infrared Detection","authors":"Sukrith Dev, Nathan Anthony, Monica Allen, Jeffery Allen","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01200","url":null,"abstract":"The next generation of infrared (IR) detectors will enable revolutionary advances in multicolor hyperspectral capabilities, which warrant the development of multicolor detectors. While many schemes of dual-color IR detection are reported in the literature, there are few detectors which can independently address three or more colors and have drawbacks such as requiring postgrowth fabrication steps and significant crosstalk between colors. Here we demonstrate a contactless photoconductive IR detection architecture that overcomes these challenges and can detect and independently address multiple IR colors on a single busline by using different microwave frequencies. Our design couples photoconductive absorbers to the near-fields of unique modes in a single high permittivity (ε ∼ 80) dielectric microwave resonator driven by a continuous wave microwave source. Absorbed light in each photoconductor generates electron hole pairs, which correspondingly add losses to the specific resonator mode and increase the microwave signal transmitted at the respective resonant frequency. Each unique dielectric resonator mode interacts with a photoconductor of different bandgap enabling independent coverage and addressability at disparate wavelengths including near-infrared using silicon, short-wave infrared using germanium, and midwave infrared using mercury cadmium telluride. This detection architecture does not require complex growth methods, band offset engineering, optimized doping, mesa etches, or contact formation, opening the door to practical multicolor light detection across the spectrum.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832668","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":"Spatial–Temporal Manipulations of Visible Pulsed Vortex Beams in a Q-Switched Pr:YLF Laser with a (PEA)2(CsPbBr3)n−1PbBr4 Perovskite Saturable Absorber","authors":"Yu Zhang, Jingzhen Li, Yaoyao Qi, Ling Zhang, Zhengchang Xia, Zehua Liu, Junchen Li, Song Yang, Zhenxu Bai, Chaojian He, Yulei Wang, Zhiwei Lu, Dapeng Yan, Xingwang Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01994","url":null,"abstract":"Visible pulsed vortex beams with controllable temporal profiles and customizable transverse modes are of great scientific and practical interest. The generation of visible pulsed vortex beams from lasers remains a significant challenge due to the limited availability of well-developed saturable absorbers (SAs) in the visible spectrum. Here, we report the generation of 640 nm passively Q-switched vortex beams from a Pr:YLF all-solid-state laser, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, using quasi-2D (PEA)<sub>2</sub>(CsPbBr<sub>3</sub>)<sub><i>n</i>−1</sub>PbBr<sub>4</sub> perovskites as the SA. Stable pulsed TEM<sub>0,0</sub> mode generation with a tunable pulse duration from 826.5 to 371.2 ns and a corresponding repetition rate from 63.7 to 121.3 kHz was achieved. Additionally, customizable transverse modes were generated from the Pr:YLF laser cavity using a noncollinear pumping technique to precisely manage the gain and loss characteristics of intracavity transverse modes. A first-order vortex beam at 640 nm was obtained through astigmatic mode conversion from the passively Q-switched Pr:YLF laser. These results present a new paradigm in generating visible pulsed vortex beams, offering excellent application potential in underwater communication and super-resolution imaging.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816327","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":"Conduction Band Resonant State Absorption for Quantum Dot Infrared Detectors Operating at Room Temperature","authors":"Stefano Vichi, Shigeo Asahi, Sergio Bietti, Artur Tuktamyshev, Alexey Fedorov, Takashi Kita, Stefano Sanguinetti","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01856","url":null,"abstract":"Long wavelength infrared devices, despite growing interest due to a wide range of applications in commercial, public, and academic sectors, are still struggling to achieve significant improvements over well-established technologies like HgCdTe detectors. Devices based on quantum nanostructures remain non competitive due to unresolved drawbacks, the most significant being the need for cooling down to liquid nitrogen temperatures to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. In this work, we demonstrate an innovative solution to surpass the current generation of quantum dot-based detectors by exploiting absorption from quantum dot-localized states to resonant states in the continuum, that is, states in the semiconductor conduction band with an enhanced probability density in the quantum dot region. This unprecedented approach takes advantage of the unique properties of such states to massively enhance carrier extraction, overcoming one of the most crucial drawbacks of quantum dot-based infrared detectors. This innovative solution is discussed here from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. The measured room temperature operation demonstrates that exploiting resonant state absorption in quantum dots offers the long-sought solution for the next generation of infrared photodetectors.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142809368","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":"Power-Dependent Hybrid Photoluminescence Emission of Ag Nanowires on an Ag Film","authors":"Shuai Dong, Wenxue Zhang, Minru Qi, Aoni Wei, Guofeng Zhang, Ruiyun Chen, Jianyong Hu, Miaoqing Bai, Zhichun Yang, Xinghui Liu, Liantuan Xiao, Chengbing Qin, Suotang Jia","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01886","url":null,"abstract":"Nobel metal nanostructures, such as silver nanowires (AgNWs), have attracted considerable attention due to their extraordinary capability to manipulate light-matter interactions at the nanoscale and promising applications in various areas. However, the underlying mechanism of photoluminescence (PL) emission of AgNWs on a metal film (NWoF structure) is still under debate. Here, we provided an exhaustive investigation of the PL behaviors of AgNWs by performing substrate-dependent PL imaging, as well as power-dependent PL spectra and photoblinking dynamics of single AgNWs on an Ag film with Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as a dielectric space. The similar PL spectra among suspension AgNWs, crossed AgNWs on Si/SiO<sub>2</sub> substrate, and single AgNWs on the Ag films confirmed that PL emission from NWoF structures is originated from AgNWs, rather than Ag films. Three PL peaks from AgNWs on the Ag film have been attributed to the photoactive Ag nanoclusters, the radiative recombination of intraband transitions, and the possible gap plasmonic modes, respectively, which have been evidenced by analysis of power-dependent PL spectra and photoblinking dynamics. These findings may provide new insight into the PL mechanisms of AgNWs and offer inspiration to develop customized plasmonic applications.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142809369","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":"Ultrafast Nano-Imaging of Spatially Modulated Many-Body Dynamics in CVD-Grown Monolayer WS2","authors":"Yu Wang, Jun Nishida, Keiichi Nakamoto, Xu Yang, Yoshiki Sakuma, Wenjin Zhang, Takahiko Endo, Yasumitsu Miyata, Takashi Kumagai","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01545","url":null,"abstract":"Unique optoelectronic properties of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) originate from strong quantum confinement effects and reduced dielectric screening. However, their low dimensionality also renders photoinduced dynamics and the resulting properties highly susceptible to defects. Yet, the mechanistic relationship between intrinsic defects and non-uniform optoelectronic responses has remained elusive, calling for spatially resolved characterization to visualize heterogeneous photoinduced dynamics. Here, we apply ultrafast infrared scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (ultrafast IR s-SNOM) to investigate WS<sub>2</sub> monolayers grown by chemical vapor deposition. We demonstrate that ultrafast IR s-SNOM, with the relatively high excitation fluence, sensitively probes the dynamics of electron–hole plasma induced in local domains of the individual WS<sub>2</sub> monolayers. The transient mid-infrared response is enhanced with extended lifetimes near the edges, indicating local mitigation of many-body interactions. We propose that the spatially modulated many-body dynamics is associated with defect-mediated mechanisms, providing implications for engineering TMD-based nanoscale optoelectronics.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142816469","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 : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01818
Tatchen B. Kum, Ahmad R. Kirmani
{"title":"Critical Role of Low-Energy Protons in Radiation Testing of Perovskite Space Solar Cells","authors":"Tatchen B. Kum, Ahmad R. Kirmani","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01818","url":null,"abstract":"While perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are attractive for space applications, assessing their radiation tolerance requires adequate testing protocols. The primary criterion is that protons normally incident on a PSC during ground-based testing should create a uniform damage profile, mimicking the effect of the omnidirectional and polyenergetic proton spectrum in space orbit. However, given the low thicknesses of PSCs, proton energies >0.05 MeV can meet this criterion, leading to ambiguity regarding the precise energy needed for testing. Here, we highlight another major criterion: the optimal proton energy should also closely mimic the elemental vacancy distribution created in the perovskite by space protons. Using Monte Carlo ion-solid simulations, we first calculate the elemental vacancies in a PSC due to the low-Earth orbit (LEO) proton spectrum. We then show that only ∼0.07 MeV protons can result in a similar distribution during ground-based testing. Higher energies (∼1 MeV) lead to 25% more iodine, 33% more lead, and 50% fewer hydrogen vacancies, failing to represent the space radiation environment accurately. Our results offer precise guidelines for PSC radiation testing, paving the way for more accurate, reliable, and comparable assessments.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"228 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142804956","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}