3D assembly and simulation of helical optical antenna-enhanced carbon nanotube IR sensors

Author

Yu Miao ; Liangliang Chen ; Lai, King W. C. ; Fung, Carmen K. M. ; Ning Xi ; Li Zhang ; Lixin Dong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

18-21 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

849

Lastpage

852

Abstract

This paper reports the integration of the helical nanobelts (HNBs) onto carbon nanotube (CNT)-based infrared (IR) sensors to enhance their sensitivity by improving the fill factor. The repeatable and controllable assembly process is achieved by employing nanorobotic manipulation. The enhancement after integration is confirmed by the electromagnetic simulation. Based on the simulation result, the integration of HNB antenna can increase the local electric field by 58 folds, which makes the CNT-based IR sensors an ideal candidate for non-cryogenic highly sensitive IR detection.

Keywords

assembling; carbon nanotubes; computerised instrumentation; helical antennas; infrared detectors; manipulators; nanobelts; nanosensors; nanotube devices; optical sensors; 3D assembly; C; CNT-based infrared sensor; HNB antenna integration; controllable assembly process; electric field; electromagnetic simulation; fill factor improvement; helical nanobelt; helical optical antenna-enhanced carbon nanotube IR sensor; nanorobotic manipulation; noncryogenic highly sensitive IR detection; repeatable assembly process; Assembly; Carbon nanotubes; Helical antennas; Metals; Optical sensors; Probes; Infrared detector; helical nanobelt; nanorobotic manipulation; optical antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2014.6968143

Filename

6968143