Enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio of an infrared photodetector with a circular metal grating

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4588-4596

  Bhat, Ravi D R ^a   Panoiu, Nicolae C ^b   Brueck, Steven R J ^c   Osgood Jr , Richard M ^a  

^a Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED ABSORPTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELENGTH;

CIRCULAR METAL GRATING; METAL PLASMON GRATING;

PHOTODETECTORS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 41649101837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004588     Document Type: Article

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