Optical Antenna Enhanced Infrared Detector
OwnerJarrod Vaillancourtinventor
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Abstract
Methods and systems for electromagnetic detection are disclosed, including providing an optical antenna enhanced detector comprising: a micro photodetector, wherein the micro photodetector comprises: a substrate; a bottom contacting layer atop the substrate; one or more active regions atop the bottom contacting layer; and a top contacting layer atop the one or more active regions; and an optical antenna integrated with the micro photodetector, wherein the optical antenna is configured to concentrate incident electromagnetic waves onto the micro photodetector; and exposing the optical antenna enhanced detector to electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims31
An optical antenna enhanced detector comprising:
- a micro photodetector, wherein the micro photodetector comprises:
- a substrate;
- a bottom contacting layer atop the substrate;
- one or more active regions atop the bottom contacting layer;
- and
- a top contacting layer atop the one or more active regions;
- and
- an optical antenna integrated with the micro photodetector, wherein the optical antenna is configured to concentrate incident electromagnetic waves onto the micro photodetector.
An optical antenna enhanced detector array comprising:
- an array of micro photodetectors, wherein at least one micro photodetector of the array of micro photodetectors comprises:
- a substrate;
- a bottom contacting layer atop the substrate;
- one or more active regions atop the bottom contacting layer;
- and
- a top contacting layer atop the one or more active regions;
- electrical interconnections to the array of micro photo detectors;
- and
- an optical antenna integrated with the at least one micro photodetector of the array of micro photo detectors, wherein the optical antenna is configured to concentrate incident electromagnetic waves onto the at least one micro photodetector.
A method of electromagnetic detection comprising:
- providing an optical antenna enhanced detector comprising:
- a micro photodetector, wherein the micro photodetector comprises:
- a substrate;
- a bottom contacting layer atop the substrate;
- one or more active regions atop the bottom contacting layer;
- and
- a top contacting layer atop the one or more active regions;
- and;
- an optical antenna integrated with the micro photodetector, wherein the optical antenna is configured to concentrate incident electromagnetic waves onto the micro photodetector;
- and
- exposing the optical antenna enhanced detector to electromagnetic waves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.