Title :
Mid-infrared plasmonic germanium antennas on silicon
Author :
Frigerio, Jacopo ; Ortolani, Michele ; Baldassarre, Leonetta ; Calandrini, Eugenio ; Samarelli, Antonio ; Gallacher, Kevin ; Sakat, Emilie ; Finazzi, Marco ; Paul, Douglas J. ; Biagioni, Paolo ; Isella, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
L-NESS, Politec. di Milano, Como, Italy
Abstract :
We introduce an all-semiconductor platform for mid-infrared plasmonics based on epitaxial heavily-doped Ge-on-Si. We design, fabricate, and characterize plasmonic Ge antenna arrays to assess the potential of this platform for mid-infrared sensing applications.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; elemental semiconductors; germanium; infrared detectors; integrated optics; optical arrays; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; plasmonics; silicon; Ge-Si; all-semiconductor platform; antenna array design; antenna array fabricate; epitaxial heavily-doped Ge-onSi; mid-infrared plasmonic germanium antennas; mid-infrared plasmonics; mid-infrared sensing applications; silicon; Antenna arrays; Epitaxial growth; Plasmons; Sensors; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6962011
