Optimized Design of Plasmonic MSM Photodetector Export

@article{citeulike:4518459, abstract = {We present an optimized design for a plasmonic metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector with interdigitated electrodes with subwavelength dimensions and a single GaInNAs quantum well (QW) as an absorbing layer. The excitation of surface plasmons at the metal-semiconductor interface leads to a strong field enhancement near the metallic electrodes. This results in an increased absorption in the QW, allowing both fast electrical response of the photodetector and high quantum efficiencies. With a grating periodicity of 820 nm and electrode finger width of 460 nm a 16-fold increase in the absorption of p-polarized light in the QW is achieved in comparison to the case without electrodes.}, author = {Hetterich, J. and Bastian, G. and Gippius, N. A. and Tikhodeev, S. G. and von Plessen, G. and Lemmer, U.}, booktitle = {Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of}, citeulike-article-id = {4518459}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2007.902934}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4294078}, doi = {10.1109/JQE.2007.902934}, journal = {Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of}, keywords = {design, metal, msm, numerical, photodetector}, number = {10}, pages = {855--859}, posted-at = {2009-05-14 16:00:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Optimized Design of Plasmonic MSM Photodetector}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2007.902934}, volume = {43}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4518459 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4518459 N2 - We present an optimized design for a plasmonic metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector with interdigitated electrodes with subwavelength dimensions and a single GaInNAs quantum well (QW) as an absorbing layer. The excitation of surface plasmons at the metal-semiconductor interface leads to a strong field enhancement near the metallic electrodes. This results in an increased absorption in the QW, allowing both fast electrical response of the photodetector and high quantum efficiencies. With a grating periodicity of 820 nm and electrode finger width of 460 nm a 16-fold increase in the absorption of p-polarized light in the QW is achieved in comparison to the case without electrodes. IS - 10 JF - Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of EP - 859 TI - Optimized Design of Plasmonic MSM Photodetector VL - 43 T2 - Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of SP - 855 KW - design KW - metal KW - msm KW - numerical KW - photodetector AU - Hetterich, J AU - Bastian, G AU - Gippius, NA AU - Tikhodeev, SG AU - von Plessen, G AU - Lemmer, U PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2007.902934 ER -