• DocumentCode
    732747
  • Title

    Plasmonic internal photoemission detectors with responsivities above 0.12 A/W

  • Author

    Muehlbrandt, S. ; Melikyan, A. ; Kohnle, K. ; Harter, T. ; Muslija, A. ; Vincze, P. ; Wolf, S. ; Jakobs, P. ; Fedoryshyn, Y. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J. ; Koos, C. ; Kohl, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microstructure Technol. (IMT), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate first plasmonic photodetectors based on internal photoemission featuring responsivities exceeding 0.12 A/W at 1550 nm. The devices consist of ultra-compact plasmonic waveguides with electrode spacing below 100 nm receiving on-off-keying signals at 40 Gbit s-1.
  • Keywords
    amplitude shift keying; optical waveguides; photodetectors; photoemission; plasmonics; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; electrode spacing; on-off-keying signals; plasmonic internal photoemission detectors; plasmonic photodetectors; ultracompact plasmonic waveguides; wavelength 1550 nm; Detectors; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Photoelectricity; Photonics; Plasmons; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183184