Journal article

Mid-Wave Infrared Polarization-Independent Graphene Photoconductor with Integrated Plasmonic Nanoantennas Operating at Room Temperature

Ming Ye, Yang Gao, Jasper J Cadusch, Sivacarendran Balendhran, Kenneth B Crozier

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH | Published : 2021

Abstract

Graphene photodetectors operating in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) face challenges that include the optical absorption of monolayer graphene being intrinsically low and the carrier lifetime in graphene being very short. Previous reports of graphene photoconductors in the MWIR have sought to overcome these challenges using approaches that include the integration of plasmonic nanoantennas and/or engineered electrodes. However, this has led to the photoresponse of these detectors being strongly polarization dependent. Here, a graphene photoconductor is reported that achieves polarization-independent and fast response simultaneously via the integration of plasmonic nanoantennas that are termed Je..

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Awarded by DARPA


Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by DARPA (HR0011-16-1-004), and by the Australian Research Council (DP180104141). This work was performed in part at Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) in Victorian Node of Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF).