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  • Optoelectronics
  • Materials Science
  • Optical Communication

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  • Bipolar photodetectors are crucial for logic-gate-encrypted optical communication.
  • Precise photocurrent balancing is essential to minimize errors and ensure accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Develop a self-powered bipolar photodetector with balanced photocurrents.
  • Implement a universal strategy for photocurrent symmetry.
  • Demonstrate reconfigurable logic gates for secure optical communication.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a parallel-structured, self-powered photoelectrochemical photodetector (PEC-PD) using amorphous p-NiOₓ and n-GaOₓ thin films.
  • Utilized thermal annealing to mitigate initial photocurrent asymmetry.
  • Employed a geometry-engineered strategy by adjusting the area ratio of photoactive materials to achieve precise photocurrent balancing.

Main Results:

  • Achieved dual-band (254 nm/365 nm) bipolar photoresponses with balanced positive and negative photocurrents.
  • Demonstrated robust photocurrent symmetry across diverse wavelengths via geometry engineering.
  • Successfully implemented reconfigurable binary and ternary exclusive OR (XOR and TXOR) logic gates.

Conclusions:

  • Presented a universal strategy for balanced bipolar photodetectors through geometry engineering.
  • The ternary encryption scheme significantly enhances information throughput and key space.
  • Facilitated applications in secure, high-throughput underwater optical communication systems.