Title :
Surface plasmon polariton-enhanced Schottky-type photodetector
Author :
Aihara, Takuma ; Nakagawa, Koichi ; Fukuhara, Masashi ; Yen Ling Yu ; Fukuda, Motohisa ; Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. & Electron. Inf. Eng., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Toyohashi, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel Au-Si Schottky-type photodetector with a multi-slit grating inducing surface plasmon polaritons and demonstrate that the detector can operate at a 1.55-μm wavelength at which light is scarcely absorbed in Si.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gold; light absorption; photodetectors; polaritons; silicon; surface plasmons; Au-Si; Schottky-type photodetector; light absorption; multislit grating; surface plasmon polariton; wavelength 1.55 mum; Schottky barrier; diffraction grating; photodetector; surface plasmon polaritons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0334-8
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031077
