Near-field vector analysis of plasmonic structures enhancement on infrared photodetectors

Guiru Gu; Xuejun Lu

doi:10.1117/12.2063202

10 September 2014 Near-field vector analysis of plasmonic structures enhancement on infrared photodetectors

Guiru Gu, Xuejun Lu

Proceedings Volume 9163, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XII; 91631U (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063202
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this work, we fabricated and compared two complimentary plasmonic structures: the metallic circular disc array and the 2 dimensional subwavelength hole array (2DSHA). The near-field electric-field (E-field) vector distributions of the two different plasmonic structures are analyzed. We also investigated the different plasmonic structure enhancements on quantum dots infrared photodetectors (QDIP). To fully ascertain the plasmonic enhancements in QDIPs, it is crucial to understand the E-field vector distributions in the plasmonic enhanced QDIP and identify their contributions. The E-field vertical extension of different plasmonic structures and their overlap with the quantum dot (QD) active regions are also simulated. Our studies indicate that the overlapping of the E-field vectors with the QD active region is critical to improve the QDIP performance. Detailed results and analysis will be discussed in the paper. We believe that the vector field analysis not only advances the knowledge of E-field components in plasmonic structures and their interaction with the QDs, but also provides the design guidance for high performance plasmonic enhanced optoelectronic devices.

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Guiru Gu and Xuejun Lu "Near-field vector analysis of plasmonic structures enhancement on infrared photodetectors", Proc. SPIE 9163, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XII, 91631U (10 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063202

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