• DocumentCode
    2300097
  • Title

    Polarization-dependent photocurrent enhancement in metamaterial-integrated quantum dot infrared detectors

  • Author

    Sharma, Yagya D. ; Jun, Young Chul ; Kim, Jun Oh ; Brener, Igal ; Krishna, Sanjay

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of ECE, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    172
  • Abstract
    We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of quantum dots-in-a-well infrared detectors integrated with a planar metamaterial layer. The resonantly excited metamaterial layer provides strongly enhanced optical fields and the increased photocurrent is obtained at the metamaterial resonant frequency.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; infrared detectors; integrated optics; metamaterials; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; photoconductivity; photoemission; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor quantum wells; InGaAs; integrated optics; metamaterial resonant frequency; optical design; optical fabrication; planar metamaterial layer; polarization-dependent photocurrent enhancement; quantum dot-in-a-well infrared detectors; Arrays; Infrared detectors; Metamaterials; Photoconductivity; Quantum dots; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor device measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358545
  • Filename
    6358545