Muhammad Sufyan Ramzan, Antonietta De Sio, Alexander Steinhoff, Frank Jahnke, Christoph Lienau, Caterina Cocchi
The development of experimental methods monitoring the generation of photo-excitations and their dynamics on the natural temporal and spatial scales of the electrons has opened up fascinating perspectives to better understand fundamental processes driven by light–matter couplings and use them to design new functional materials. This horizon, however, is shadowed by challenges related to the interpretation and rationalization of the observables. Theory can help to overcome these issues only if the available approaches – both ab initio and based on model Hamiltonians – are complementary to experiments and not merely ancillary to them. In this perspective, we present state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical methods to investigate photo-excitations and their dynamics in complex materials, taking bulk CsPbBr3 as a prototypical example. Experimentally, we show the ability of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy to shed light onto the electronic and vibronic excitation landscape of this system, in particular giving access to exciton–phonon coupling mechanisms. From the theory side, we discuss the advantages and drawbacks of first-principles calculations and effective methods based on the semiconductor Bloch equations. By unveiling strengths and bottlenecks of the presented approaches, we suggest viable strategies to make simulations and experiments finally join hands.
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Kaiji Chen, Wenhao Wang, Yi Ji Tan, Zhonglei Shen, Ridong Jia, Ranjan Singh
Topological valley photonic crystals hold substantial potential for on-chip integration owing to their backscattering protection against sharp corners and fabrication imperfections. Topological interfaces enable compact and flexible photonic routing critical for the miniaturization, scalability and energy efficiency of photonic chips. However, such reciprocal topological photonic devices inevitably experience backscattering loss, and effective in-situ methods for quantifying the robustness remain unavailable. Here, we report that ultralow backscattering at sharp corners induces mode splitting in a topological cavity, serving as a self-detection methodology for its quantitative evaluation. The overall backscattering loss at the level of 0.10 dB/bend over a broad topological bandgap of 37 GHz, with a minimum of 0.047 dB/bend near the K valley, demonstrates the near-perfect photon transport of valley edge state through sharp corners. The high-resolution terahertz spectral measurements in cavity-waveguide coupled silicon chips confirm an extremely low loss of 0.09 dB/bend. Our work uncovers the universal mechanism of mode splitting and introduces a quantitative framework to measure the backscatteringloss dispersion in topological valley photonics. Mode splitting emerges as a new degree of freedom for spectral engineering in integrated topological devices, paving new ways toward multi-channel communications, high-sensitivity photonic sensing, and quantum information processing.
{"title":"Ultralow-Backscattering Induced Mode Splitting in Chipscale Valley Photonic Topological Cavities","authors":"Kaiji Chen, Wenhao Wang, Yi Ji Tan, Zhonglei Shen, Ridong Jia, Ranjan Singh","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202503189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202503189","url":null,"abstract":"Topological valley photonic crystals hold substantial potential for on-chip integration owing to their backscattering protection against sharp corners and fabrication imperfections. Topological interfaces enable compact and flexible photonic routing critical for the miniaturization, scalability and energy efficiency of photonic chips. However, such reciprocal topological photonic devices inevitably experience backscattering loss, and effective in-situ methods for quantifying the robustness remain unavailable. Here, we report that ultralow backscattering at sharp corners induces mode splitting in a topological cavity, serving as a self-detection methodology for its quantitative evaluation. The overall backscattering loss at the level of 0.10 dB/bend over a broad topological bandgap of 37 GHz, with a minimum of 0.047 dB/bend near the K valley, demonstrates the near-perfect photon transport of valley edge state through sharp corners. The high-resolution terahertz spectral measurements in cavity-waveguide coupled silicon chips confirm an extremely low loss of 0.09 dB/bend. Our work uncovers the universal mechanism of mode splitting and introduces a quantitative framework to measure the backscatteringloss dispersion in topological valley photonics. Mode splitting emerges as a new degree of freedom for spectral engineering in integrated topological devices, paving new ways toward multi-channel communications, high-sensitivity photonic sensing, and quantum information processing.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yiming Zhao, Artem V. Kuklin, Jiahui Hou, Mingqi He, Lyudmila V. Begunovich, Han Zhang, Ying Li, Hans Ågren, Lingfeng Gao
Along with the increased attention of core–shell heterojunction quantum dots (QDs), there have been recent strong efforts to improve their practical applications by developing the synthetic approaches. In this work, uniform Te@Se core–shell QDs have been successfully fabricated via combining liquid-phase exfoliation and epitaxial growth methods, where the similar lattice structures of the materials from the same main group can effectively solve the lattice mismatch issue. Theoretical calculations reveal that the Te@Se material is a Type-I heterojunction with favorable initial electron transfer from core Te to shell Se upon formation. The photo-response performance of Te@Se QDs is systematically investigated by producing photoelectrochemical type photodetectors in low concentration electrolytes (0.1–10 mM), for which optimized photocurrent density (32.63 µA/cm2) and photoresponsivity (1564 µA/W) could be achieved. The device also exhibits fast response and excellent stability, which could overcome instability issues in high-concentration electrolytes and expand the practical applications.
{"title":"Synthesis of Core–Shell Te@Se Quantum Dots and Their Broadband Photodetector Performance in Low Concentration Electrolytes","authors":"Yiming Zhao, Artem V. Kuklin, Jiahui Hou, Mingqi He, Lyudmila V. Begunovich, Han Zhang, Ying Li, Hans Ågren, Lingfeng Gao","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202503087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202503087","url":null,"abstract":"Along with the increased attention of core–shell heterojunction quantum dots (QDs), there have been recent strong efforts to improve their practical applications by developing the synthetic approaches. In this work, uniform Te@Se core–shell QDs have been successfully fabricated via combining liquid-phase exfoliation and epitaxial growth methods, where the similar lattice structures of the materials from the same main group can effectively solve the lattice mismatch issue. Theoretical calculations reveal that the Te@Se material is a Type-I heterojunction with favorable initial electron transfer from core Te to shell Se upon formation. The photo-response performance of Te@Se QDs is systematically investigated by producing photoelectrochemical type photodetectors in low concentration electrolytes (0.1–10 mM), for which optimized photocurrent density (32.63 µA/cm<sup>2</sup>) and photoresponsivity (1564 µA/W) could be achieved. The device also exhibits fast response and excellent stability, which could overcome instability issues in high-concentration electrolytes and expand the practical applications.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146129271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanxia Liu, Peiyao Li, Yu Rao, Yinsheng Xu, Ping Lu, Lei Wang, Rokas Drevinskas, Jianrong Qiu, Jingyu Zhang
Precisely embedding designed nanostructures in homogeneous materials is essential for the development of high-performance photonic devices. However, existing techniques typically struggle to achieve simultaneous control over location and yield, limiting their use in optical data storage and integrated photonics. Here, we report an observation of a heat-assisted birefringence orientation reversal (HABOR) phenomenon in lithium disilicate glass. Based on this phenomenon, we propose a method that enables precise spatial control of crystallization while maintaining high yield. The method employs femtosecond laser direct writing combined with heat treatment, facilitating oriented nanocrystal growth with an intriguing reversal of the birefringence slow-axis orientation. In particular, the oriented nanocrystals produce birefringence retardance up to 35.11 ± 2.34 nm, which is 6.80 times higher than that achieved by femtosecond laser direct writing. Their birefringence shows excellent thermal stability, with retardance remaining relatively stable over 24 h at 700°C. These superior properties enable applications in 5D optical data storage, fabrication of arbitrary retarders and varying optical elements.
{"title":"Heat-Assisted Reversal of Femtosecond Laser-Induced Birefringence","authors":"Yanxia Liu, Peiyao Li, Yu Rao, Yinsheng Xu, Ping Lu, Lei Wang, Rokas Drevinskas, Jianrong Qiu, Jingyu Zhang","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202502928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202502928","url":null,"abstract":"Precisely embedding designed nanostructures in homogeneous materials is essential for the development of high-performance photonic devices. However, existing techniques typically struggle to achieve simultaneous control over location and yield, limiting their use in optical data storage and integrated photonics. Here, we report an observation of a heat-assisted birefringence orientation reversal (HABOR) phenomenon in lithium disilicate glass. Based on this phenomenon, we propose a method that enables precise spatial control of crystallization while maintaining high yield. The method employs femtosecond laser direct writing combined with heat treatment, facilitating oriented nanocrystal growth with an intriguing reversal of the birefringence slow-axis orientation. In particular, the oriented nanocrystals produce birefringence retardance up to 35.11 ± 2.34 nm, which is 6.80 times higher than that achieved by femtosecond laser direct writing. Their birefringence shows excellent thermal stability, with retardance remaining relatively stable over 24 h at 700°C. These superior properties enable applications in 5D optical data storage, fabrication of arbitrary retarders and varying optical elements.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146129244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zheyuan Shen, Zeping Zhao, Lingyun Zhuang, Lu Cheng, Haolei Feng, Lining Liu, Jianguo Liu
InP/InGaAs‐based heterojunction phototransistors (HPTs) are promising for ultrasensitive short‐wave infrared (SWIR) detection due to their high internal gain, low excess noise, and low power consumption. This work demonstrates an HPT achieving a high optical gain of ∼1200 at −2 V bias, with dark current lower than state‐of‐the‐art avalanche photodiodes (APD). To further push its sensitivity to the limit for weak light/ultra‐long‐distance imaging, the noise mechanism in low frequency (LF) regime and its origins have been investigated, by which generation current in depletion region caused by the defect‐related traps is explored and studied. In particular, the LF noise power is found to be independent of the internal gain. A Hooge's constant of 2.1 × 10 −5 is reported for the first time in gain‐based detectors, comparable to HgCdTe devices. Remarkably, temperature‐dependent multi‐level random telegraph signal (RTS) analysis reveals two dominant origins of the generation current, corresponding to relaxation processes of two typical types of mid‐gap traps. One is Zn‐related extrinsic defects caused by Zn diffusion into the InP emitter, while the other is Ga‐related intrinsic defects in InGaAs collector. As the guideline for optimizing the HPT detector design, this work paves the way to further improve the sensitivity for low‐flux SWIR photodetection.
{"title":"Random Telegraph Signal Noise in High‐Gain SWIR Heterojunction Phototransistors","authors":"Zheyuan Shen, Zeping Zhao, Lingyun Zhuang, Lu Cheng, Haolei Feng, Lining Liu, Jianguo Liu","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202502759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202502759","url":null,"abstract":"InP/InGaAs‐based heterojunction phototransistors (HPTs) are promising for ultrasensitive short‐wave infrared (SWIR) detection due to their high internal gain, low excess noise, and low power consumption. This work demonstrates an HPT achieving a high optical gain of ∼1200 at −2 V bias, with dark current lower than state‐of‐the‐art avalanche photodiodes (APD). To further push its sensitivity to the limit for weak light/ultra‐long‐distance imaging, the noise mechanism in low frequency (LF) regime and its origins have been investigated, by which generation current in depletion region caused by the defect‐related traps is explored and studied. In particular, the LF noise power is found to be independent of the internal gain. A Hooge's constant of 2.1 × 10 <jats:sup>−5</jats:sup> is reported for the first time in gain‐based detectors, comparable to HgCdTe devices. Remarkably, temperature‐dependent multi‐level random telegraph signal (RTS) analysis reveals two dominant origins of the generation current, corresponding to relaxation processes of two typical types of mid‐gap traps. One is Zn‐related extrinsic defects caused by Zn diffusion into the InP emitter, while the other is Ga‐related intrinsic defects in InGaAs collector. As the guideline for optimizing the HPT detector design, this work paves the way to further improve the sensitivity for low‐flux SWIR photodetection.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146129386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The patterning of perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) represents a critical step toward high-resolution displays. Although blending PQDs with photoresists enables lithographic integration, their intrinsic ionic character and poor stability lead to severe erosion and fluorescence quenching when exposed to polar components. To overcome these challenges, a stabilized PQD-photoresist nanocomposite has been developed through multi-step encapsulation. First, in situ growth of PQDs on amino silane-functionalized silica nanoparticles suppresses aggregation. Potassium ions are then incorporated to passivate the surface defects. Finally, a fluorinated silane forms a protective barrier against polar species. The resulting nanocomposite achieves up to 96% photoluminescence quantum yield and exceptional thermal stability, maintaining 99% initial emission after 80 days at 85°C. It can be uniformly dispersed in negative-tone photoresist and patterned via UV lithography, producing well-defined microstructures with minimum linewidths of 1.5 µm (11200 pixels per inch, PPI). Dual-color patterning with 15 µm linewidths for green and red PQDs achieves 560 PPI. A white-light prototype integrating these color-conversion layers with a blue Mini-LED and liquid crystal panel demonstrates a color gamut covering 132% of the NTSC standard. This work provides a robust, scalable platform for integrating high-performance PQDs into micro-optoelectronics.
{"title":"Patterning of Photoresist-Compatible Perovskite Quantum Dots for High-Definition Displays","authors":"Haoyu Wang, Chengzhao Luo, Yanhui Ding, Zhenwei Ren, Chenyang Fan, Zixuan Chen, Xin Zhou, Zhiyong Zheng, Yu Chen","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202502933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202502933","url":null,"abstract":"The patterning of perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) represents a critical step toward high-resolution displays. Although blending PQDs with photoresists enables lithographic integration, their intrinsic ionic character and poor stability lead to severe erosion and fluorescence quenching when exposed to polar components. To overcome these challenges, a stabilized PQD-photoresist nanocomposite has been developed through multi-step encapsulation. First, in situ growth of PQDs on amino silane-functionalized silica nanoparticles suppresses aggregation. Potassium ions are then incorporated to passivate the surface defects. Finally, a fluorinated silane forms a protective barrier against polar species. The resulting nanocomposite achieves up to 96% photoluminescence quantum yield and exceptional thermal stability, maintaining 99% initial emission after 80 days at 85°C. It can be uniformly dispersed in negative-tone photoresist and patterned via UV lithography, producing well-defined microstructures with minimum linewidths of 1.5 µm (11200 pixels per inch, PPI). Dual-color patterning with 15 µm linewidths for green and red PQDs achieves 560 PPI. A white-light prototype integrating these color-conversion layers with a blue Mini-LED and liquid crystal panel demonstrates a color gamut covering 132% of the NTSC standard. This work provides a robust, scalable platform for integrating high-performance PQDs into micro-optoelectronics.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianbang Mu, Kun Zheng, Yanlin Mi, Haifeng Yao, Chang Zhou, Quanchao Zhao, Bingkun Chen, Jie Cao, Qun Hao
Broadband STE Emission for UV Single-Pixel Imaging
In Research Article e02218, Kun Zheng, Jie Cao, Qun Hao and co-workers report a lead-free 0D copper halide, (TPA)2Cu4Br6, featuring ultra-broad self-trapped-exciton emission, high quantum yield, and strong spectral overlap with silicon detectors. Integrated into a bioinspired single-pixel imaging system, it enables high-fidelity UV imaging under low sampling and low-light conditions.