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Zong-Kun Zhang^1,2, Teng Zhang³, Zong-Peng Zhang⁴

¹State Key Laboratory of Photonics and Communications, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Nature Communications

|August 30, 2025

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This study introduces a novel metasurface detector capable of simultaneously measuring light intensity, polarization, and wavelength. This breakthrough enables high-dimensional continuous photodetection for advanced optical applications and information security.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Metamaterials
Information Security

Background:

Modern optics requires capturing multi-dimensional optical information, but current photodetectors are limited to specific wavelengths or polarizations.
Integrating broadband, high-dimensional continuous photodetection (intensity, polarization, wavelength) in a single device remains a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a single, high-dimensional detector for broadband continuous photodetection of light's intensity, polarization, and wavelength.
To encode spectral and polarization information into unique polaritonic vortex patterns using metasurface properties.

Main Methods:

Utilized a metasurface-mediated detector employing dispersion-driven Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) multiplication.
Decoupled frequency-controlled transmission phase and polarization-controlled geometric phase responses.
Employed machine learning for deciphering the encoded polaritonic vortex patterns.

Main Results:

Achieved full characterization of the 3D continuous parametric space (intensity-polarization-frequency).
Demonstrated accurate detection of light with mixed polarization states across 0.3-1.1 THz with a total error <5.1%.
Showcased potential applications in OAM-mediated information encryption.

Conclusions:

The developed metadevice enables unprecedented high-dimensional continuous photodetection.
This technology paves the way for next-generation photodetectors and enhances optical information security.