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All-optical logic gates based on hierarchical photonic crystal modulated photoluminescence of perovskite nanocrystals

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Halide perovskites exhibit high performance in all sorts of optoelectronic and photonic areas, suggesting their huge potential in integrated photonic devices. However, until now, all optical logic gates based on perovskites are still rarely explored, hindering the development of all-optical networks and computing. Herein, a new concept of all-optical logic gates is proposed based on the modulation of photoluminescence (PL) from perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs). A hierarchical photonic crystal (Hie PhC) is developed by self-assembling polystyrene (PS) and SiO2 nanoparticles, which exhibit a higher PL enhancement than that of a monolayer PhC. Moreover, the light-controlled PL is realized by taking advantage of the high thermal response of the PL from PNCs/Hie PhC on polyethylene (PE) substrate, assisted by a graphene layer for light-heat conversion. Consequently, optical diode and triode are achieved based on the modulated PL, which exhibit contrast ratios (CR) of 24.7 and 74.0 dB, respectively. All-optical logic gates, including “AND”, “OR” and “NOT”, are realized based on the optical diode and triode.

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  1. Center for Future Optoelectronic Functional Materials, School of Computer and Electronic Information, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Yun Wang, YanFang Zha, CiHui Liu, YunSong Di & ZhiXing Gan

  2. Centre for Translational Atomaterials, School of Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia

    YunYi Yang & GuiYuan Cao

  3. Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    GuiYuan Cao & ShiBiao Wei

  4. Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control Systems, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    ZhiHui Chen

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2021YQ32), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U22A20258, 62175178, and 11604155), the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province (Grant No. tsqn201909117), the Foundation of Guangdong Education Committee (Grant No. 2020KTSCX117), and the Foundation of Shenzhen Science and Technology (Grant No. 20200814100534001).

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Wang, Y., Zha, Y., Yang, Y. et al. All-optical logic gates based on hierarchical photonic crystal modulated photoluminescence of perovskite nanocrystals. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 66, 2735–2742 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-022-2336-1

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