Optimizing light absorption in quantum dot infrared photodetectors by tuning surface confinement of surface plasmonic waves

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Runyu ^a   Vasinajindakaw, Puminun ^a   Gu, Guiru ^a   Vaillancourt, Jarrod ^b   Lu, Xuejun ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Applied NanoFemto Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; HOLE DIAMETER; INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR; NEAR-FIELD; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; PLASMONIC; QUANTUM DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR; SURFACE CONFINEMENT;

OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84870366666     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/1/015102     Document Type: Article

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