{"title":"Polarization-Controlled Diffractions of Submicron Pillar Arrays of Azo Molecular Glass for Image Recording and Reconstruction","authors":"Zenan Wang, Chungen Hsu, Xiaogong Wang","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400106","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recording and manipulating optical waves with functional structures are crucially important for many applications. Herein, the submicron pillar arrays of an azo molecular glass (IA-Chol) are explored to show functional synergy of a recording medium and a diffractive optical element. The image recording is achieved through the pillar deformation along the electric-field oscillation direction of incident light. When illuminated with a polarized beam, the reconstructed images appear in the first-order diffraction spots of the pillar array with the tailored intensity distributions depending on the states of polarization of the recording beam and the image reconstruction beam. This approach enables several images to be recorded in the adjacent zones of the same pillar array using lights with different polarization directions, and then the images are reconstructed separately or simultaneously upon the polarization directions of the illumination light. Furthermore, the topographic features of the pillar array after the recording are replicated by replica-molding to the surfaces of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) slices as negative replicas and transformed to surfaces of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) films through hot-embossing. The PDMS and PMMA replicas are highly transparent in the visible light range and able to produce the reconstructed images with light in a wide-wavelength extent.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143530757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyunseung Jung, Igal Brener, Sadhvikas J. Addamane, Ting Shan Luk, C. Thomas Harris, Ganapathi Subramania, Oleg Mitrofanov
{"title":"InAs Terahertz Metalens Emitter for Focused Terahertz Beam Generation","authors":"Hyunseung Jung, Igal Brener, Sadhvikas J. Addamane, Ting Shan Luk, C. Thomas Harris, Ganapathi Subramania, Oleg Mitrofanov","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400125","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Metasurfaces have opened doors to combining multiple photonic functionalities in a single compact device. In particular, the ability to generate short terahertz (THz) pulses with precise wavefront engineering in a single THz metasurface redefined the role metasurfaces can play in THz systems. Here, an InAs metalens emitter which generates and focuses a THz pulse beam is demonstrated using a 130 nm thick InAs metasurface designed as a binary-phase Fresnel zone plate. The THz beam is focused to a spot of ≈430 μm at 1 THz with a short focal length of 5 mm and large numerical aperture of 0.5. Nanoscale InAs Mie resonators comprising the metasurface enable THz generation with an amplitude as high as 20 times compared to plasmonic THz emitters and several times compared to a 1 mm thick ZnTe crystal. This InAs metasurface emitter provides a new paradigm for designing THz imaging, spectroscopy, and communication systems, where THz beam generation and shaping are performed with a single device without compromising the generation efficiency, while eliminating losses and avoiding limitations of phase matching of conventional nonlinear optics approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"5 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142861227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Osuna Ruiz, Maite Aznarez-Sanado, Pilar Herrera-Plaza, Miguel Beruete
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Metamaterial Bragg Multilayers for Radiative Cooling","authors":"David Osuna Ruiz, Maite Aznarez-Sanado, Pilar Herrera-Plaza, Miguel Beruete","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400088","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A full numerical study combining artificial intelligence (AI) methods and electromagnetic simulation software on a multilayered structure for radiative cooling (RC) is investigated. The original structure is made of SiO<sub>2</sub>/Si nanometer-thick layers that make a Bragg mirror for wavelengths in the solar irradiance window (0.3–4 μm). The structures are then optimized in terms of the calculated net cooling power and characterized via the reflected and absorbed incident light as a function of their structural parameters. This investigation provides with optimal designs of beyond-Bragg, all-dielectric, ultra-broadband mirrors that provide net cooling powers in the order of ≈100 W m<sup>−2</sup>, similar to the best-performing structures in literature. Furthermore, it explains AI's success in producing these structures and enables the analysis of resonant conditions in metal-free multilayers with unconventional layer thickness distributions, offering innovative tools for designing highly efficient structures in RC.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143186619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1 × N All-Logic Optical Switch Based on Polymer Platform Using Multimode Interferometer","authors":"Guoyan Zeng, Daming Zhang, Fei Wang, Xibin Wang, Yuexin Yin","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400118","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The compact and broadband optical switch with a large port count is demanded with the increasing communication capacity. In this article, a universal method for modeling the 1 × <i>N</i> switch using multimode interferometer (MMI) through transmission matrixes is proposed. Herein, the reasons for the narrowing of the operating bandwidth switch are analyzed. As a proof of concept, a wide bandwidth 1 × 4 switch, which has an insertion loss lower than 23.7 dB, and a cross talk better than −10 dB at 1550 nm are simulated, designed, and fabricated. The cross talk throughout the C band is lower than −8.5 dB. According to the experimental result, the 1 × 4 switch with four-equal-length modulating arms shows a 32 nm bandwidth for −10 dB cross talk which is 13 times larger than traditional switch. The switch realizes a multi-port logic optical switch by modulation. The 1 × <i>N</i> switch based on the generalized Mach–Zehnder interferometer (GMZI) structure reduce the footprint significantly compared with the 1 × <i>N</i> switch consisting of a 1 × 2 switch cascade. It is believed that 1 × <i>N</i> switch based on GMZI structures is a promising solution to increase integration density.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400118","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing Tb3+-Sensitized Silica-Nanoparticles-Aided Eu3+-Doped Sr2SiO4 Phosphors with Enhanced Luminescence for Anti-Counterfeiting Applications","authors":"Abinaya Mayavan, Jaysiva Ganesamurthi, Ramachandran Balaji, Santosh Kumar, Satturappan Ravisekaran Srither","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Silica-nanoparticles-assisted Eu<sup>3+</sup>-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> and Tb<sup>3+</sup>- and Eu<sup>3+</sup>-co-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> phosphors, as potential phosphors for anti-counterfeiting application are synthesized via a solid-state reaction technique. The crystal structure, photoluminescence, and decay times are investigated. The characteristic emission of Eu<sup>3+</sup>-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> phosphors exhibits two major peaks at 617 and 595 nm under an excitation wavelength of 394 nm, which corresponds to <sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>2</sub> and <sup>5</sup>D<sub>0</sub> → <sup>7</sup>F<sub>1</sub> electron transitions of Eu<sup>3+</sup> ions. Upon co-doping with Tb<sup>3+</sup>, the red emission intensities of the Eu<sup>3+</sup>-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> phosphors are enhanced by 1.78-fold times through an energy-transfer process. The optimized Tb<sup>3+</sup>- and Eu<sup>3+</sup>-co-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub> phosphors show a decay time of 0.49 ns and an energy-transfer efficiency of 73%. The calculated International Commission on Illumination value (<i>x</i>, <i>y</i>) and color purity are (0.63, 0.37) and 94%, respectively. Subsequently, a luminescent ink is formulated using the optimized phosphor and tested for efficiency on currency notes. Additionally, a flexible film is fabricated, and its luminescence properties are studied. The formulated ink can serve as security ink in the anti-counterfeiting application.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrafast Terahertz Superconductor Van der Waals Metamaterial Photonic Switch","authors":"Kaveh Delfanazari","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202470029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202470029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>2D Layered Superconductors</b>\u0000 </p><p>In article number 2400045, Kaveh Delfanazari showcases methods for the realization of ultrafast terahertz (THz) metamaterial photonic switches on a few nanometer-thick layered high-temperature superconductor van der Waals (vdWs). The metamaterial array offers active modulation of THz amplitude and phase with an ultrafast-picosecond-switching timescale. The device holds promise for the development of future THz communication circuits and systems operating at cryogenic temperatures.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"5 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202470029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142435070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Regina Leiner, Lukas Siegwardt, Catarina Ribeiro, Jonas Dörr, Christian Dietz, Robert W. Stark, Markus Gallei
{"title":"Structural Colors Derived from the Combination of Core–Shell Particles with Cellulose","authors":"Regina Leiner, Lukas Siegwardt, Catarina Ribeiro, Jonas Dörr, Christian Dietz, Robert W. Stark, Markus Gallei","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202470027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202470027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Core–Shell Particles</b>\u0000 </p><p>Essential features of functional optical materials are their interaction with light and underlying structures. In article number 2400091, Markus Gallei and co-workers report the combination of structural colors with cellulose, a renewable and biodegradable biopolymer. The latter acts as reinforcement agents, maintaining the polymer opal film’s structural color and mechanochromic material behavior.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"5 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202470027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142435069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Room-Temperature Lasing of Dual-Metal Nanoparticle Surface Lattice Resonance with Monolithic InGaAs Multiple Quantum Wells on GaAs Substrates","authors":"Wen-Hsuan Hsieh, Chia-Jui Chang, Cheng-Ching Li, Kuo-Ping Chen, Jhih-Sheng Wu, Chia-Yen Huang, Tien-Chang Lu","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400120","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study demonstrates the surface lattice resonance (SLR) laser utilizing asymmetric dual-metallic nanoparticle arrays, incorporating a high-refractive-index material, which exhibits a confinement factor of 16%, enhancing the coupling between metal and dielectric materials. Multiple quantum wells (MQWs) are integrated with plasmonic SLR in the proposed structure. Through theoretical design and experimental validation, the MQW plasmonic SLR laser exhibits excellent high Q-factor and stable operation at room temperature. This demonstration enhances laser performance and achieves low-threshold operation with a laser threshold as low as ≈2.39 MW cm<sup>−2</sup>. This study's design of plasmonic SLR lasers further advances the realization of optoelectronic device applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400120","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143530608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermally Triggered Interface for Simplified Organic Solar Cells","authors":"Suwapat Kongsabay, Gilles Henri Roche, Olivier Dautel, Vinich Promarak, Guillaume Wantz","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202400128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400128","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells are commonly produced by successive printing of four layers on top of a transparent conducting electrode, with the active layer sandwiched in between interlayers followed by the top electrode. Here, the simplification of OPV manufacturing without the need to coat a hole transport layer (HTL) in inverted OPV (n–i–p) is reported. To ensure the required hole selectivity, thermally trigged molecules are directly blended in the active layer during device casting. Following thermal annealing of the complete devices, organosulfur molecules self-assembled to form a hole–transporting interface between the silver top electrode and the active layer, thereby enabling working devices. Device optimization is performed by varying the concentration of these molecules and the thermal annealing conditions. The performances of the simplified devices approach those of control devices with vacuum-evaporated MoO<sub>3</sub> HTLs. The solar cells exhibit very encouraging thermal and photostabilities. This work opens the route to high efficiency, simplified, and low-cost organic solar cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202400128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zongdai Liu, Zhibo Zhang, Yi Zhang, Dan Luo, Kun-Lin Yang
{"title":"A Two-Stage Polymerization Strategy for Preparing Polymer-Network Liquid Crystals with Oxygen-Sensing Property","authors":"Zongdai Liu, Zhibo Zhang, Yi Zhang, Dan Luo, Kun-Lin Yang","doi":"10.1002/adpr.202470026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202470026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Polymer-Network Liquid Crystals</b>\u0000 </p><p>In article number 2300340, Dan Luo, Kun-Lin Yang, and co-workers show that after partially completed photopolymerization, the polymer network liquid crystal undergoes a secondary polymerization to form an isotropic polymer network when it is heated beyond its clearing point, resulting in an irreversible optical appearance change from transparent to cloudy. It enables applications such as a heating stopwatch and oxygen sensing.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7263,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Photonics Research","volume":"5 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adpr.202470026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142165343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}