Synergistic Effects of Plasmonics and Electron Trapping in Graphene Short-Wave Infrared Photodetectors with Ultrahigh Responsivity

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 430-437

  Chen, Zefeng ^a   Li, Xinming ^a   Wang, Jiaqi ^a   Tao, Li ^a   Long, Mingzhu ^a   Liang, Shi Jun ^b   Ang, Lay Kee ^b   Shu, Chester ^a   Tsang, Hon Ki ^a   Xu, Jian Bin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

fast photoresponse; graphene; plasmonics; short wave infrared photodetector; ultrahigh responsivity

Indexed keywords

CARRIER LIFETIME; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS;

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; PHOTORESPONSES; PLASMONICS; RESPONSIVITY; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85018192722     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06172     Document Type: Article

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