Title :
Optical antenna design for nanophotodiodes
Author :
Going, Ryan ; Seok, Tae Joon ; Lakhani, Amit ; Eggleston, Michael ; Kim, Myung-Ki ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Guidelines for designing an optical antenna for optimizing the performance of a nanophotodiode are proposed. A nanopatch design is simulated with over 70% absorption efficiency using germanium as the absorber.
Keywords :
antennas; elemental semiconductors; germanium; nanophotonics; photodiodes; Ge; absorption efficiency; nanopatch design; nanophotodiodes; optical antenna design; Absorption; Antenna theory; Dipole antennas; Germanium; Gold;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110760
