Characterizing Polarizers with Direct Electrical Readouts.

Longbo Jiao, Lili Xie, Qiuyi Long, Xinchen Li, Yizhi Wu, Weijia Shao, Qingjia Zhou

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Longbo JiaoUniversity Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Materials and Intelligent Sensing, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.

Lili XieUniversity Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Materials and Intelligent Sensing, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.

Qiuyi LongUniversity Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Materials and Intelligent Sensing, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.

Xinchen LiUniversity Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Materials and Intelligent Sensing, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.

Yizhi WuSchool of Physical Science and Technology, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China.

Weijia ShaoUniversity Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Materials and Intelligent Sensing, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4645-1360

Qingjia ZhouUniversity Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Materials and Intelligent Sensing, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.

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Abstract

The polarization of light is recognized as a key physical quantity in describing light-matter interactions. Polarizers are fabricated to selectively respond to light beams with different polarizations. In practice, the operations of a polarization measuring setup require bulky and expensive terminal photodetectors, e.g., a spectrophotometer, to measure the spectral responses associated with different polarizations. To get rid of the unfavorable reliance on conventional photodetectors, polarizers having a Cu-ZnO junction for efficient hot-electron extraction have been designed to give rise to direct electrical readouts. Detailed photoelectric studies reveal that the designed device excites guided-mode resonances with which the device exhibits polarization-dependent energy depositions in absorbable Cu, leading to distinct electrical responses between transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations. The electrical extinction ratio increases from 2.7 to 4.4 when the resonance wavelength increases from 767 nm to 869 nm.

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electrical extinction ratiohot electronsphotoelectric conversionpolarizers

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PMID41823754

DOI10.3390/nano16050301

PMCPMC12986556

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