Spin detector for panchromatic circularly polarized light detection

Abstract Circularly polarized light (CPL) detection is crucial for optical communication, bioimaging and quantum computing. However, CPL detectors based on chiral low-dimensional perovskites face a trade-off between optoelectronic performance and CPL discrimination, and typically exhibit a CPL respo...

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Main Authors: Lvpeng Yang, Yerun Gao, Zhenye Wang, Long Yang, Ming Shao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59287-z
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Summary:Abstract Circularly polarized light (CPL) detection is crucial for optical communication, bioimaging and quantum computing. However, CPL detectors based on chiral low-dimensional perovskites face a trade-off between optoelectronic performance and CPL discrimination, and typically exhibit a CPL response within a narrow spectral range. Here, we overcome these limitations by integrating three-dimensional (3D) and chiral-two-dimensional (2D) perovskites. The 3D perovskite serving as the photoabsorption layer extends the detection range to 760 nm and enhances optoelectronic responses, while also generating spin-polarized carriers through large Rashba splitting. The chiral-2D perovskite achieves spin filtering efficiency up to 80%. The synergy between spin polarization and chiral-induced spin selectivity processes enables a panchromatic CPL response, with a photocurrent asymmetry factor exceeding 0.28 across the visible spectrum and peaking at 0.35. Furthermore, our detector achieves a detectivity of 3.7×1011 Jones. Our work introduces a spin manipulation strategy for panchromatic CPL detection, expanding the scope of spintronics applications.
ISSN:2041-1723