Photodetector with a plasmonic structure
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsOlivier Gravrand, Gérard Destefanis, Jérôme Le Perchec
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AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsOlivier Gravrand, Gérard Destefanis, Jérôme Le Perchec
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This photodetector capable of detecting electromagnetic radiation comprises: a doped semiconductor absorption layer for said radiation, capable of converting said radiation into charge carriers; a reflective layer that reflects the incident radiation that is not absorbed by semiconductor layer towards the latter, located underneath semiconductor layer; and a metallic structure placed on semiconductor layer that forms, with semiconductor layer, a surface Plasmon resonator so as to concentrate the incident electromagnetic radiation on metallic structure in the field concentration zones of semiconductor layer. Semiconductor zones for collecting charge carriers that are oppositely doped to the doping of semiconductor layer are formed in said semiconductor layer and have a topology that complements that of the field concentration zones.
A photo-detector capable of detecting electromagnetic radiation comprising:
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