An optical nano-antenna structure of metallic ball array for enhancement of near-infrared photodetection

Pengfei Yao; Tao Li; Xue Li; Xiumei Shao; Haimei Gong

doi:10.1117/12.2284991

24 October 2017 An optical nano-antenna structure of metallic ball array for enhancement of near-infrared photodetection

Pengfei Yao, Tao Li, Xue Li, Xiumei Shao, Haimei Gong

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Proceedings Volume 10462, AOPC 2017: Optical Sensing and Imaging Technology and Applications; 104622Y (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284991
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2017), 2017, Beijing, China

Abstract

This work is aimed at designing an optical nano-antenna structure to enhance the optical absorption in 1.0−1.7 μm and improve the performance of InP-based InGaAs sensors. We report comprehensive analysis of an optical nano-antenna structure of metallic ball array for surface plasmon enhancement of near-infrared photodetection. The enhancement capability of metallic ball array on InP substrate with periodicity in the range of 600−1200 nm and diameters in the range 100−300nm has been studied by theoretical modeling with a finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) method. Our simulation results show that the highest transmission efficiency is achieved when the diameter of the ball is around and the optimized periodicity of the ball array is around 800nm. After comparing the transmission spectra of the arrays made of different metals, silver is found to be the best. Because of the speciality of SPP modes, the enhancement relative to wavelengths near 1.1μm is obviously weaker than that near longer wavelengths. Coating a SiO₂ film about 500nm over the arrays is found to be an effective solution to achieve higher transmission efficiency around 1.1μm.

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Pengfei Yao, Tao Li, Xue Li, Xiumei Shao, and Haimei Gong "An optical nano-antenna structure of metallic ball array for enhancement of near-infrared photodetection", Proc. SPIE 10462, AOPC 2017: Optical Sensing and Imaging Technology and Applications, 104622Y (24 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284991

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