Title :
Plasmonic internal photoemission detectors with responsivities above 0.12 A/W
Author :
Muehlbrandt, S. ; Melikyan, A. ; Kohnle, K. ; Harter, T. ; Muslija, A. ; Vincze, P. ; Wolf, S. ; Jakobs, P. ; Fedoryshyn, Y. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J. ; Koos, C. ; Kohl, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microstructure Technol. (IMT), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate first plasmonic photodetectors based on internal photoemission featuring responsivities exceeding 0.12 A/W at 1550 nm. The devices consist of ultra-compact plasmonic waveguides with electrode spacing below 100 nm receiving on-off-keying signals at 40 Gbit s-1.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical waveguides; photodetectors; photoemission; plasmonics; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; electrode spacing; on-off-keying signals; plasmonic internal photoemission detectors; plasmonic photodetectors; ultracompact plasmonic waveguides; wavelength 1550 nm; Detectors; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Photoelectricity; Photonics; Plasmons; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
