Anapole-state-enhanced 2D chiral photodetector operating in the near-infrared second window

TL;DR

Researchers developed a 2D photodetector using plasmonic metasurfaces and anapole states to enhance performance in the near-infrared range.

Contribution

A plasmonic metasurface-enhanced 2D TMDC photodetector with anapole states is introduced for efficient near-infrared detection.

Findings

The photodetector achieves a responsivity of 1.35 A/W at 1550 nm, 5 × 10⁴ times higher than on SiO₂/Si substrates.

The device exhibits a chiral photoelectric response with discrimination ratios up to 7.2 due to broken mirror symmetry.

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) materials hold promise for miniaturized photodetectors. With ample exciton resonances, the photodetection range of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) can be further extended to long wavelengths on a large scale by two-photon absorption (TPA), breaking the limit of their bandgaps. However, the conversion efficiency of TPA usually remains low despite resonant nonlinear optical effects. Here, we present a plasmonic metasurface-enhanced 2D TMDC photodetector by means of high-order multipoles with anapole states, as well as quasi-bound states in the continuum, operating efficiently in the near-infrared second (NIR-Ⅱ) window at room temperature. The optical response of the MoS2/WSe2 heterostructure is simultaneously enhanced by the interlayer exciton resonances and by the hot carrier injection from the plasmonic metasurface. By optimizing the metasurface design, the responsivity can reach 1.35 A/W at 1550 nm, which is ~5 × 104 times larger than that of a MoS2/WSe2 heterostructure on SiO2/Si substrate. Furthermore, the broken mirror symmetry of the structure enables a chiral photoelectric response with discrimination ratios up to 7.2. Our study offers a promising platform for applications in NIR-Ⅱ bio-imaging, telecommunication, and on-chip spectroscopic sensing.

The performance of 2D photodetectors in the near-infrared range is usually constrained by fundamental limits. Here, the authors report hybrid photodetectors based on 2D MoS2/WSe2 heterostructures integrated with plasmonic metasurfaces, exploiting anapole states to enhance the responsivity and improve their chiral discrimination ratio in the telecommunication range.

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