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  "abstract": "Circularly polarized light (CPL) holds immense promise for diverse applications, including 3D displays, quantum information processing, biosensing, and optical imaging. However, high-performance, ultrathin, and easily integrable devices for CPL manipulation and discrimination remain a significant challenge. Leveraging the phase modulation capability of the natural 2D van der Waals material NbOCl2 and the polarization selectivity of MoOCl2, we propose and demonstrate a lithography-free, easy-to-fabricate, ultrathin circular polarizer. The MoOCl2/NbOCl2 stacked nanoplates with submicrometer total thicknesses demonstrate pronounced discrimination between left- and right-handed CPL at designed visible wavelengths, achieving a maximum extinction ratio of 21.16 dB at 653 nm for a stack with a total thickness of approximately 730 nm. Furthermore, an approximately 690-nm-thick stacked device was integrated with an LED chip operating at a center wavelength of 580 nm, with an estimated degree of circular polarization (DOCP) reaching 99.68%, demonstrating the compatibility of the proposed circular polarizer with compact light-emitting platforms. This work provides a versatile strategy for constructing ultrathin, integrable circularly polarized photonic devices by leveraging the intrinsic optical anisotropy of natural low-dimensional materials, and demonstrates broad application prospects in chiral light-field detectors and on-chip circularly polarized light sources.",
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      "name": "Yijun Wang"
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      "name": "Weizhe Zhang"
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    {
      "name": "Minghao Deng"
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      "name": "Zini Cao"
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      "name": "Wenjing Liu",
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      "name": "Qihuang Gong",
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      "name": "Guowei Lyu",
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  "published": "2026-10-06",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
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  "title": "Ultrathin high-performance circular polarizers based on MoOCl2/NbOCl2 van der Waals heterostructures",
  "title_text": "Ultrathin high-performance circular polarizers based on MoOCl2/NbOCl2 van der Waals heterostructures",
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