Plasmonic nanoslit array enhanced metal-semiconductor-metal optical detectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 548-550

  Eryilmaz, Sukru Burc ^a   Tidin, Onur ^a   Okyay, Ali K ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Photodetectors; plasmons; silicon germanium

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; FAR FIELD; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL PHOTODETECTOR; METALLIC NANOSLIT ARRAYS; NANOSLITS; OPTICAL DETECTORS; PLASMONIC; SILICON GERMANIUM; SURFACE DEVICE; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

GERMANIUM; PHOTODETECTORS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84858691866     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2183342     Document Type: Article

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