Research Interests

Infrared optoelectronic devices, micro-nanophotonics, optical metasurfaces, low-dimensional materials and devices, infrared photonics, infrared multidimensional perception

Representative Publications

1. J. Deng#, M. Shi#, X. Liu#, J. Zhou*, X. Qin, R. Wang, Y. Zhen, X. Dai, Y. Chen, J. Wei, Z. Ni, W. Gao, C.-W. Qiu*, X. Chen*, An on-chip full-Stokes polarimeter based on optoelectronic polarization eigenvectors. *Nature Electronics*, 7, 1004–1014 (2024). (Co-first Author, IF=40.9/Q1, Top Journal, Ranked 1/93 in Engineering & Technology Zone 1)

[This work proposes an on-chip full-Stokes polarimeter based on optoelectronic polarization eigenvectors (OPEV). It addresses the bottleneck of miniaturization and integration for high-precision polarization detection systems, establishes a novel paradigm and theoretical framework for exploring polarization optoelectronic responses, and provides an important reference for the development of multi-dimensional photodetectors with versatile functions.]

Media Coverage: SITP Makes Progress in On-Chip Full-Stokes Polarization Detection

2. S. Wu#, J. Deng#, X. Wang*, J. Zhou*, H. Jiao, Q. Zhao, T. Lin, H. Shen, X. Meng, Y. Chen*, J. Chu, J. Wang, Polarization photodetectors with configurable polarity transition enabled by programmable ferroelectric-doping patterns. *Nature Communications*, 15, 8743 (2024). (Co-first Author, IF=15.7/Q1, Top Journal)

[A universal method is proposed to induce symmetry breaking in low-dimensional semiconductor materials via patterned ferroelectric domains, enabling tunable polarized photoresponse in originally polarization-insensitive low-dimensional semiconductors.]

Media Coverage: Key Laboratory of Infrared Science and Technology Achieves Progress in Novel Polarization Photodetection Induced by Patterned Ferroelectric Domains

3. W. Jing#, J. Deng#, T. Zhu, Y. Zhang, J. Ye, J. Zhou and X. Chen, Monolithic high‐accuracy long‐wave infrared full‐stokes polarimeter based on a meta‐QWIP. *Laser & Photonics Reviews*, e01411 (2025). (Co-first Author, IF=10.0/Q1, Top Journal)

[A metasurface-integrated quantum well infrared photodetector (meta-QWIP) is proposed for long-wave infrared full-Stokes polarization measurement, advancing the development of high-performance monolithic long-wave infrared full-Stokes polarimeters.]

Media Coverage: Monolithic High-Accuracy Long-Wave Infrared Full-Stokes Polarimeter Based on Meta-QWIP

4. T. Cui#, J. Deng#, J. Zhou*, J. Zhou, T. Zhu, B. Wang, J. Ye, X. He, H. Luo, J. Huang, Y. Zhang, X. Chen*, W. Lu*, Quasi-bound state in the continuum enhancing background limited infrared detectivity. *Optics & Laser Technology*, 181, 112002 (2025). (Co-first Author, IF=5.0/Q2, Top Journal)

[Photonic crystal structures are in-situ constructed in detection materials, realizing the integrated design of narrowband resonant absorption and background noise suppression. Theoretically, the peak detectivity can surpass the traditional BLIP limit by an order of magnitude.]

5. J. Deng#, R. Wang#, Y. Bu#, J. Pan, W. Zhang, J. Zhou*, L. Wang*, M. Shi, X. Dai, T. Ye, J. Ma, T. Cui, H. Luo, J. Huang, Y. Zhang, and X. Chen*, Tuning the decay length of long-range photocurrent in Weyl semimetals by engineering the weighting field. *Nano Letters*, 25(50), 17511–17519 (2025). (Co-first Author, IF=9.1/Q2)

[The Shockley-Ramo theory is extended to establish a weighted electric field model applicable to topological materials, revealing the long-range nonlocal transport mechanism of polarization-dependent photogenerated carriers.]

Media Coverage: Nonlocal Long-Range Photocurrent in Anisotropic Weyl Semimetals

6. J. Deng#, W. Zhang#, X. Dai, Y. Yu, Z. Li, W. Wang, L. Wang*, J. Zhou*, X. Chen*, Nonmonotonic wavelength dependence of the polarization-sensitive infrared photoresponse of an anisotropic semimetal. *Nanoscale*, 14, 7314–7321 (2022). (Co-first Author, IF=5.1/Q3)

[It is revealed that the polarization photoresponse of low-dimensional anisotropic materials originates from polarization-selective interband transitions, and the non-monotonic wavelength-dependent polarization response law of type-II Weyl semimetals represented by WTe₂ is clarified.]

7. J. Deng, J. Zhou*, X. Dai, Y. Bu, Z. Li, X. Chen*, Photoresponse enhancement in a cavity–antenna-coupled graphene terahertz detector. *Nanoscale*, 15, 1775–1781 (2023). (First Author, IF=5.1/Q3)

[A novel enhanced architecture integrated with antenna-coupled microcavity is proposed and designed, breaking the bottleneck of low coupling efficiency between ultra-thin materials and far-infrared waves. It also provides an efficient light field manipulation strategy for developing miniaturized, high-sensitivity integrated far-infrared detection chips.]

8. Y. Zhen, J. Deng*, Y. Bu, X. Dai, Y. Yu, M. Shi, R. Wang, T. Ye, G. Chen*, J. Zhou*, Recent advances in on-chip infrared polarization detection. *Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves*, 43, 52–62 (2023). (Corresponding Author, IF=0.6/Q3)

[Review on on-chip infrared polarization detection]

9. Y. Cao#, C. Li#, J. Deng#, T. Tong, Y. Qian, G. Zhan, X. Zhang, K. He, H. Ma, J. Zhang*, J. Zhou*, L. Wang*, Enhanced photodetector performance of black phosphorus by interfacing with chiral perovskite. *Nano Research*, 15, 7492–7497 (2022). (Co-first Author, IF=9.0/Q1, Top Journal)

[A black phosphorus-chiral perovskite van der Waals heterojunction is proposed, and the enhancement mechanism of infrared detection performance via interface engineering is explored.]

10. Y. Xia#, L. Wei#, J. Deng#, L. Zong#, C. Wang#, X. Chen, F. Liang, C. Luo, W. Bao, Z. Xu, J. Zhou, Y. Pu, X. Wu, Tuning Electrical and Optical Properties of MoSe₂ Transistors via Elemental Doping. *Advanced Materials Technologies*, 5, 2000307 (2020). (Co-first Author, IF=6.2/Q3)

[The introduction of impurity levels significantly extends the detection band of the device, expanding its response range to the long-wave infrared band (10 μm).]

11. J. Deng, Y. Zheng, J. Zhou, Z. Li, S. Guo, X. Dai, Y. Yu, Z. Ji, Z. Chu, X. Chen, W. Lu, Absorption enhancement in all-semiconductor plasmonic cavity integrated THz quantum well infrared photodetectors. *Optics Express*, 28, 16427 (2020). (First Author, IF=3.3/Q3)

[Utilizing the metal-like plasmonic properties of heavily doped semiconductors in the far-infrared band, an all-semiconductor in-situ plasmonic cavity structure is proposed to enhance the light absorption and photoresponse of quantum well photodetectors.]

Educational & Professional Background

Aug 2025 – Present Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jul 2022 – Jul 2025 Postdoctoral Researcher, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sep 2017 – Jun 2022 Doctorate, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sep 2013 – Jun 2017 Bachelor’s Degree, Nantong University

Honors & Awards

1. First Prize of Innovation Special Award, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2025

2. First Prize of User Scientific Research Achievement Competition, Suzhou Materials & Devices Laboratory (SMDL), ShanghaiTech University, 2025

Patents

1. Integrated Configurable Photodetector with Ultra-High Circular Polarization Extinction Ratio and Fabrication Method, Invention Patent, 2023, 4th Author, Patent No.: CN 116207166 B

Full Publication List

1. Monolithic high-accuracy long-wave infrared full-stokes polarimeter based on a meta-QWIP, *Laser & Photonics Reviews*, 2026, 2nd Author

2. High discrimination infrared polarimetry via intrinsic anisotropic photogating in black phosphorus meta-polarization detectors, *Nature Communications*, 2025, 5th Author

3. Advances in integrated polarization detectors with innovative features, *Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves*, 2025, 3rd Author

4. Quasi-bound state in the continuum enhancing background limited infrared detectivity, *Optics & Laser Technology*, 2025, 2nd Author

5. Tuning the Decay Length of Long-Range Photocurrent in Weyl Semimetals by Engineering the Weighting Field, *Nano Letters*, 2025, 1st Author

6. Integrated circular polarization detectors based on asymmetric materials or structures, *Symmetry*, 2025, 3rd Author

7. Circular polarimetric imaging with a metamaterial integrated long-wavelength infrared focal plane array, *Advanced Science*, 2025, 4th Author

8. Dynamically Reconfigurable on-Chip Polarimeters Based on Nanoantenna Enabled Polarization Dependent Optoelectronic Computing, *Nano Letters*, 2024, 4th Author

9. Room‐Temperature Blackbody‐Sensitive Photodetector with Visible‐To‐Long‐Wavelength‐Infrared Photoresponse and Ultrafast Speed Based on a Te/PtSe₂ Heterostructure, *Advanced Electronic Materials*, 2024, 7th Author

10. An on-chip full-Stokes polarimeter based on optoelectronic polarization eigenvectors, *Nature Electronics*, 2024, 1st Author

11. Enhanced THz circular-polarization detection in miniaturized chips with chiral antennas, *Photonics*, 2024, 3rd Author

12. Visible-to-mid-infrared in-sensor computing with a reconfigurable black phosphorus photodiode, *IEEE Electron Device Letters*, 2024, 5th Author

13. Polarization photodetectors with configurable polarity transition enabled by programmable ferroelectric-doping patterns, *Nature Communications*, 2024, 2nd Author

14. Blackbody‐Sensitive Uncooled Infrared Detector with Ultra‐Broadband and Ultrafast Photoresponse Based on Te/WTe₂ Heterostructure, *Advanced Optical Materials*, 2024, 7th Author

15. Achieving ultra-high background-limited detectivity by a brillouin zone folding induced quasi-bound state in the continuum, *Advanced Optical Materials*, 2024, 3rd Author

16. Configurable circular-polarization-dependent optoelectronic silent state for ultrahigh light ellipticity discrimination, *Light: Science & Applications*, 2023, 5th Author

17. Compact on-chip THz circular polarization detectors with high discrimination based on chiral plasmonic antennas, *Optical Materials Express*, 2023, 4th Author

18. High-Discrimination Circular Polarization Detection Based on Dielectric-Metal-Hybrid Chiral Metamirror Integrated Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors, *Sensors*, 2023, 6th Author

19. Boosting the Sensitivity of WSe₂ Phototransistor via Janus Interfaces with 2D Perovskite and Ferroelectric Layers, *ACS Nano*, 2023, 8th Author

20. Recent advances in on-chip infrared polarization detection, *Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves*, 2023, 2nd Author & Corresponding Author

21. On-chip long-wavelength infrared polarimeter for full-stokes polarization detection, *Optical Materials Express*, 2023, 4th Author

22. Enhanced photodetector performance of black phosphorus by interfacing with chiral perovskite, *Nano Research*, 2022, 3rd Author

23. Detection band expansion by independently tunable double resonances in a long-wavelength dual-color QWIP, *Optics Express*, 2022, 3rd Author

24. Nonmonotonic wavelength dependence of the polarization-sensitive infrared photoresponse of an anisotropic semimetal, *Nanoscale*, 2022, 1st Author

25. Photoresponse enhancement in a cavity–antenna-coupled graphene terahertz detector, *Nanoscale*, 2022, 1st Author

26. High Performance of Room-Temperature NbSe₂ Terahertz Photoelectric Detector, *ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces*, 2022, 5th Author

27. Combined role of polarization matching and critical coupling in enhanced absorption of 2D materials based on metamaterials, *Optics Express*, 2021, 2nd Author

28. Progress on the study of two-dimensional material self-driven photoresponse enhancement by asymmetrically integrated plasmonic nanostructures (Invited Paper), *Infrared and Laser Engineering*, 2021, 2nd Author

29. Dynamically tunable ultra-narrowband perfect absorbers for the visible-to-infrared range based on a microcavity integrated graphene pair, *Optics Letters*, 2021, 5th Author

30. Cavity coupled plasmonic resonator enhanced infrared detectors, *Applied Physics Letters*, 2021, 2nd Author

31. Absorption enhancement in all-semiconductor plasmonic cavity integrated THz quantum well infrared photodetectors, *Optics Express*, 2020, 1st Author

32. Enhanced infrared photoresponse induced by symmetry breaking in a hybrid structure of graphene and plasmonic nanocavities, *Carbon*, 2020, 4th Author

33. HgCdTe mid-Infrared photo response enhanced by monolithically integrated meta-lenses, *Scientific Reports*, 2020, 2nd Author

34. Tuning Electrical and Optical Properties of MoSe₂ Transistors via Elemental Doping, *Advanced Materials Technologies*, 2020, 3rd Author

Research Projects

1. Research on Differential-Based Monolithically Integrated Infrared Polarization Detectors, Principal Investigator, National Research Project, Jan 2024 – Dec 2026

Academic Reviewer

Mar 20, 2026 – Present Peer Reviewer, *Measurement Science and Technology*

Oct 16, 2025 – Present Peer Reviewer, *Nature Communications*

May 01, 2025 – Present Peer Reviewer, *Journal of Physics: Photonics*

Academic Conferences

1. Miniaturized full-Stokes polarimeter based on optoelectronic polarization eigenvectors, The 3rd International Conference on Electronic Engineering and Information Systems, Wuxi, China, Apr 25, 2026

2. On-Chip Infrared Polarization Detection, The 5th National Conference on Electronic Information Materials and Devices 2026, Hangzhou, China, Apr 12, 2026

3. On-Chip Infrared Polarization Detection, 2024 International Conference on Science and Engineering of Electronics (ICSEE'2024), Wuhan, China, Nov 22, 2024

4. Full-Stokes Polarization Detection Based on Optoelectronic Polarization Eigenvectors, The 8th National Symposium on Imaging Spectroscopy for Earth Observation, Shanghai, China, Nov 03, 2024

5. Research on Infrared Polarization Detectors with Ultra-High Extinction Ratio, 2024 Conference on Photodetection, Imaging and Intelligent Sensing Technology, Xi’an, China, Aug 17, 2024