Reconfigurable sensing with nonreciprocal photonic management*

Development and implementation of sensors with tunable tradeoff parameters such as sensitivity and operating time will provide optimal use of sensing resources. In particular, it will deliver adjustable dynamic range for detection of high and low intensity radiation and possibilities to operate at high level of background radiation. Significant progress in development of nonreciprocal optical components with broken Kirchhoff symmetry opens novel opportunities to control radiative recombination processes and corresponding noise characteristics. In this work we calculate performance of detectors with nonreciprocal photonic management and its tunability limits for some traditional semiconductor materials, perovskites, and 2D structures.