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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

Fast ultraviolet-C photonics: generating and sensing laser pulses on femtosecond timescales.

Benjamin T Dewes, Tim Klee, Nathan D Cottam, Joseph J Broughton, Mustaqeem Shiffa, Tin S Cheng, Sergei V Novikov, Oleg Makarovsky, John W G Tisch, Amalia Patané

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Article in Light, science & applications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Benjamin T DewesSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Tim KleeBlackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Nathan D CottamSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Joseph J BroughtonBlackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-0962
Mustaqeem ShiffaSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Tin S ChengSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Sergei V NovikovSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3725-2565
Oleg MakarovskySchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
John W G TischBlackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK. john.tisch@imperial.ac.uk.
Amalia PatanéSchool of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. amalia.patane@nottingham.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3015-9496

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MOD | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) NARCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/T019018/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/V05323X/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W035510/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/X015300/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/X524967/1
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Abstract

Photonic devices operating in the ultraviolet UV-C range (100-280 nm) have diverse applications from super-resolution microscopy to optical communications, and their advances promise to unlock new opportunities across science and technology. However, generating and detecting ultrafast light signals in this spectral range remains a major challenge. Here, we report an integrated UV-C source-sensor platform that combines phase-matched second-order processes in nonlinear optical crystals for the efficient generation of femtosecond UV-C laser pulses with a new class of room temperature photodetectors based on two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. Unexpectedly, these 2D sensors exhibit a linear to super-linear photocurrent response to pulse energy, a highly desirable property, laying the foundation for UV-C-based photonics operating on femtosecond timescales over a wide range of pulse energies and repetition rates. As proof of concept, we demonstrate a free-space communication system.

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PMID41253776
PMCPMC12627855

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