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Many contemporary photodetectors operate beyond the readout of light intensity and enable the reconstruction of spectrum and polarization at the single-pixel level. However, the determination of light incidence direction with reconstructive…

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The photogalvanic effect (PGE) occurring in noncentrosymmetric materials enables the generation of a dc photocurrent at zero bias with a high polarization sensitivity, which makes it very attractive in photodetection. However, the magnitude…

The investigation of optoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures is a very active area of investigation with both fundamental and applied aspects involved. We present a description of a home-built…

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Unlocking the vast potential of optical sensing technology has long been hindered by the challenges of achieving fast, sensitive, and broadband photodetection at ambient temperatures. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the…

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Self-driven photodetectors (SDPDs) transform photon energy into electrical energy without external voltage, which makes them highly advantageous for applications such as low-power communication and imaging systems. Two-dimensional materials…

Photogalvanic effect (PGE) occurring in noncentrosymmetric materials enables the generation of the open-circuit voltage that is much larger than the bandgap, making it rather attractive in solar cells. However, the magnitude of the PGE…

Two-dimensional (2D) materials are composed of atomically thin crystals with an enormous surface-to-volume ratio, and their physical properties can be easily subjected to the change of the chemical environment. Encapsulation with other…

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Two-dimensional (2D) layered metal dichalcogenides constitute a promising class of materials for photodetector applications due to their excellent optoelectronic properties. The most common photodetectors, which work on the principle of…

Two-dimensional materials offering ultrafast photoresponse suffer from low intrinsic absorbance, especially in the mid-infrared wavelength range. Challenges in 2d material doping further complicate the creation of light-sensitive $p-n$…

Two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as promising materials for electronic, optoelectronic, and valleytronic applications. Recent work suggests drastic changes of the band gap and exciton binding…

We present a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal system for interacting with cold cesium (Cs) atoms. The band structures of the 2D photonic crystals are predicted to produce unconventional atom-light interaction behaviors, including…

Noncentrosymmetric bulk crystals generate photocurrent without any bias voltage. One of the dominant mechanisms, shift current, comes from a quantum interference of electron wave functions being distinct from classical current caused by…

We develop a microscopic theory for the point-contact conductance between a metalic electrode and a strongly correlated material using the non-equilibrium Schwinger-Kadanoff-Baym-Keldysh formalism. We explicitly show that in the classical…

Semiconducting nanowire (NW) devices have garnered attention in self-powered electronic and optoelectronic applications. This work explores and exhibits, for the first time for visible light, a clear evidence of the zero-biased…

We observe in state-of-the-art GaAs based 2D electron systems microwave induced photo-current and photo-voltage oscillations around zero as a function of the applied magnetic field. The photo-signals pass zero whenever the microwave…