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Area of Science:

Optoelectronics and Photonics
Materials Science

Background:

Multidimensional optical information (spatiotemporal intensity, spectral composition, polarization) is crucial for advanced applications like environmental monitoring and biomedical imaging.
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials offer unique properties for developing novel photodetectors.
Computational photodetectors leverage advanced processing to extract rich optical information.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advancements in 2D vdW material-based computational photodetectors.
To highlight their capabilities in static/dynamic intensity sensing, spectral reconstruction, and Stokes parameter measurement.
To discuss representative device concepts and their operating principles.

Main Methods:

Focus on 2D vdW materials for photodetector fabrication.
Exploration of computational approaches for signal processing.
Analysis of device architectures including neuromorphic vision sensors, computational spectrometers, and miniaturized polarimeters.

Main Results:

2D vdW materials enable sophisticated photodetectors for multidimensional optical sensing.
Demonstrated capabilities in static and dynamic intensity sensing, spectral reconstruction, and polarization measurement.
Development of integrated devices like neuromorphic sensors and computational spectrometers.

Conclusions:

2D vdW computational photodetectors show significant promise for high-dimensional optical information acquisition.
Future directions involve enhancing detection performance, perception functionality, and chip-level integration.
Coordinated advancements are key for next-generation optical sensing technologies.