Anisotropic and Chiral Materials for Optoelectronic Devices

Polarization selective optoelectronic devices such as detectors and emitters are essential in various applications, including remote sensing, communication, and biomedical diagnostics. With the trend of device miniaturization, many efforts have been devoted to the research of in-situ integrated polarization detectors and emitters. The most straightforward approach is using anisotropic active materials or chiral active materials to construct linear or circular polarization selective optoelectronic devices since they have linear or circular polarization dependent optical and electrical properties. In addition, for isotropic non-chiral active materials, the in-situ integration of anisotropic or chiral metamaterials is a more general method to construct polarization selective optoelectronic devices. This research topic deals with the communication about the progress in the area of anisotropic and chiral materials for optoelectronic devices.

The goal of this research topic is to communicate advances in the field of anisotropic and chiral materials for optoelectronic devices. We are interested in publishing papers related to anisotropic or chiral materials for polarization selective optoelectronic devices such as detectors, emitters, solar cells and so on. Anisotropic or chiral materials can serve as the active materials of optoelectronic devices, or act as metamaterials that manipulate the light coupling of the optoelectronic devices in a polarization dependent manner. By establishing this research topic in Frontiers in Materials, we aim to promote cutting-edge research in the field of anisotropic and chiral materials for optoelectronic devices and deepen our understanding of the physics, materials, and engineering issues in this field.

The themes include but are not limited to:
• Anisotropic active materials for polarization selective detection;
• Chiral active materials for circular polarization selective detection;
• Anisotropic or chiral metamaterials for manipulation of polarization dependent light coupling of polarization selective optoelectronic devices;
• Full-Stokes integrated detectors;
• Low-dimensional materials with anisotropic or chiral properties for polarization selective detection or emission;
• Topological materials with anisotropic or chiral properties for polarization selective detection or emission.
We are interested in research articles and reviews.

Keywords: Polarization detection, Polarization emission, Anisotropic materials, Chiral materials, Metamaterials

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