• DocumentCode
    2493611
  • Title

    Design of a Thin Film Photodetector with Angular Sensitivity for Optical Micro-Encoder

  • Author

    Choi, Bongseok ; Kanamori, Yoshiaki ; Hane, Kazuhiro

  • Author_Institution
    Tohoku Univ., Sendai
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    279
  • Lastpage
    282
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we describe a directional thin film photodetector with the objective of optical micro-encoder application. A directional photodetector with a high absorption efficiency at a specific angle of incident light is based on guided-mode resonance (GMR) of subwavelength grating. The angular sensitivity of photodetector is designed to satisfy the condition that the diffracted light from the scale grating incidents at the angle of the resonance. A numerical calculation and actual device performance are presented.
  • Keywords
    encoding; micro-optics; optical sensors; photodetectors; thin film devices; angular sensitivity; diffracted light; directional thin film photodetector; guided-mode resonance; high absorption efficiency; optical micro-encoder; subwavelength grating; Diffraction gratings; Optical design; Optical distortion; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Photodetectors; Resonance; Thin film sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2006. 5th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Daegu
  • ISSN
    1930-0395
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0375-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1930-0395
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355774
  • Filename
    4178612