Integrated Polarization Dependent Photodetector and Its Application for Polarization Navigation

Author

Jinkui Chu ; Zhiwen Wang ; Le Guan ; Ze Liu ; Yinlong Wang ; Ran Zhang

Author_Institution

Key Lab. for Micro/Nano Technol. & Syst. of Liaoning Province, Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian, China

Volume

26

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

1-Mar-14

Firstpage

469

Lastpage

472

Abstract

Navigation technology is an essential ability for the survival and development of animals and humans. We integrate a bilayer nanowire polarizer with a photodetector using nanoimprint lithography, and apply the integrated polarization dependent photodetector (PDP) as a polarization navigation sensor. The proposed device is designed to have the top sensitivity at the blue band. The integration process can fabricate nanowires with multiorientations simultaneously and eliminate the alignment error. The angle output experiment of the navigation sensor using the integrated device is investigated. The angle output error is within ±0.1^°. The results show that the fabricated PDP has good application prospects in the field of polarization navigation.

Keywords

integrated optics; light polarisation; nanolithography; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical polarisers; photodetectors; PDP; alignment error elimination; angle output error; animal survival; bilayer nanowire polarizer; human survival; integrated polarization dependent photodetector; nanoimprint lithography; polarization navigation; polarization navigation sensor; Gratings; Metals; Navigation; Photodetectors; Resists; Silicon; Substrates; Integrated optoelectronics; nanotechnology; navigation; optical device fabrication; photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2296945

Filename

6698330