Embedded plasmonic quantum well infrared photodetector

Robert L. Brown; Alireza Bonakdar; Omer G. Memis; Vala Fathipour; Sung Jun Jang; Hooman Mohseni

doi:10.1117/12.2025299

Embedded plasmonic quantum well infrared photodetector

Robert L. Brown^*, Alireza Bonakdar, Omer G. Memis, Vala Fathipour, Sung Jun Jang, Hooman Mohseni

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

In order to lessen the strain of cooling requirements on mid-infrared detectors, reducing the volume of the detecting medium is one promising solution. It is necessary to augment the absorption (quantum efficiency) lost when shrinking the detector volume. We present a Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector with a plasmonic structure embedded within and around the detection media. This device has a self-aligned plasmonic-hole array designed for 8μm wavelength and a planar top contact to the array of detector material. This arrangement has an expected field enhancement of an order of magnitude and lends itself to making a Focal Plane Array.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications III
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025299
State	Published - 2013
Event	Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications III - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 26 2013 → Aug 28 2013

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8868
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications III
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/26/13 → 8/28/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Brown, RL, Bonakdar, A, Memis, OG, Fathipour, V, Jang, SJ & Mohseni, H 2013, Embedded plasmonic quantum well infrared photodetector. in Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications III., 886808, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8868, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications III, San Diego, CA, United States, 8/26/13. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025299

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