Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films
Abstract Decoding arbitrary polarization information in a cost-effective way is a key target for next-generation optical sensing. However, the design of full-Stokes detectors capable of resolving polarization states in a single shot remains challenging. Here we introduce GOStokes, an approach that l...
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| description | Abstract Decoding arbitrary polarization information in a cost-effective way is a key target for next-generation optical sensing. However, the design of full-Stokes detectors capable of resolving polarization states in a single shot remains challenging. Here we introduce GOStokes, an approach that leverages heterogeneous grain orientation in solution-processed metal halide semiconductors to extract Stokes parameters in a single measurement. By developing polycrystalline films exhibiting strong inherent circular and linear dichroism, we harness randomly oriented grains to produce varied polarization selectivity across the spatial domain. Integrating these films as multi-channel optical filters with commercial cameras enables real-time polarimetric detection and imaging, each generating a transmission map from a single exposure. Using deep learning, GOStokes precisely determines arbitrary polarization states with an averaged mean absolute error below 1%. Our demonstration underscores the potential of combining low-cost, scalable, polycrystalline films with reconstruction algorithms for advanced polarimetric applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b91c47c5208946f5970d9ba1f529f0f12025-08-20T03:37:38ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-07-011611910.1038/s41467-025-60914-yAccurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline filmsMingwei Ge0Yuan Yao1Tyler Wang2Subhrangsu Mukherjee3Harald Ade4Mengxia Liu5Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Yale UniversityDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Yale UniversityEnergy Sciences Institute, Yale UniversityDepartment of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Yale UniversityAbstract Decoding arbitrary polarization information in a cost-effective way is a key target for next-generation optical sensing. However, the design of full-Stokes detectors capable of resolving polarization states in a single shot remains challenging. Here we introduce GOStokes, an approach that leverages heterogeneous grain orientation in solution-processed metal halide semiconductors to extract Stokes parameters in a single measurement. By developing polycrystalline films exhibiting strong inherent circular and linear dichroism, we harness randomly oriented grains to produce varied polarization selectivity across the spatial domain. Integrating these films as multi-channel optical filters with commercial cameras enables real-time polarimetric detection and imaging, each generating a transmission map from a single exposure. Using deep learning, GOStokes precisely determines arbitrary polarization states with an averaged mean absolute error below 1%. Our demonstration underscores the potential of combining low-cost, scalable, polycrystalline films with reconstruction algorithms for advanced polarimetric applications.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60914-y |
| spellingShingle | Mingwei Ge Yuan Yao Tyler Wang Subhrangsu Mukherjee Harald Ade Mengxia Liu Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films Nature Communications |
| title | Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films |
| title_full | Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films |
| title_fullStr | Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films |
| title_short | Accurate single-shot full-Stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films |
| title_sort | accurate single shot full stokes detection enabled by heterogeneous grain orientations in polycrystalline films |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60914-y |
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