Journal article
Silicon nanowire photodetector enhanced by a bow-tie antenna
Gordana Klaric Felic, Feras Al-Dirini, Faruque M Hossain, Cong Nguyen Thanh, Efstratios Skafidas
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | SPRINGER | Published : 2014
Abstract
Properties of surface plasmon polaritons can be exploited for the miniaturisation of photonic circuits below the optical wavelength scale. Smaller and more sensitive photodetectors can be made by using sub-wavelength semiconductor elements such as germanium or silicon nanowires in combination with nanometer-scale antennas. The proposed nanowire photodetector enables on-chip optical sensing applications with increased sensitivity and reduced size. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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