Title :
Plasmonic-polarization enhancement of novel GaN/AlN quantum cascade detector
Author :
Pesach, Asaf ; Sakr, Salam ; Giraud, E. ; Tchernycheva, Maria ; Orenstein, Meir ; Grandjean, Nicolas ; Julien, F.H. ; Bahir, Gad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
A novel GaN/AlN quantum cascade detector with simplified alloy extractor is integrated with metallic holes´ array. Rotation of polarization by surface plasmons under normal incidence results in ×10 enhancement of responsivity at room temperature.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; integrated optics; optical arrays; optical rotation; photodetectors; plasmonics; quantum well devices; surface plasmons; GaN-AlN; gallium nitride-aluminium nitride quantum cascade detector; integrated optics; metallic hole array; optical rotation; plasmonic-polarization enhancement; room temperature; surface plasmons; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Aluminum gallium nitride; Arrays; Detectors; Gallium nitride; III-V semiconductor materials; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
