title: Analysis of subwavelength metal hole array structure for the enhancement of back-illuminated quantum dot infrared photodetectors.
abstract: This paper is focused on analyzing the impact of a two-dimensional metal hole array structure integrated to the back-illuminated quantum dots-in-a-well (DWELL) infrared photodetectors. The metal hole array consisting of subwavelength-circular holes penetrating gold layer (2D-Au-CHA) provides the enhanced responsivity of DWELL infrared photodetector at certain wavelengths. The performance of 2D-Au-CHA is investigated by calculating the absorption of active layer in the DWELL structure using a finite integration technique. Simulation results show that the performance of the DWELL focal plane array (FPA) is improved by enhancing the coupling to active layer via local field engineering resulting from a surface plasmon polariton mode and a guided Fabry-Perot mode. Simulation method accomplished in this paper provides a generalized approach to optimize the design of any type of couplers integrated to infrared photodetectors. Experimental results demonstrate the enhanced signal-to-noise ratio by the 2D-Au-CHA integrated FPA as compared to the DWELL FPA. A comparison between the experiment and the simulation shows a good agreement.
authors.affiliation: Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA.
authors.forename: Zahyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Woo-Yong
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jiangfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jun Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ajit V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Barve
authors.forename: Sinhara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishna
authors.forename: S R J
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Brueck
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Augustine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urbas
authors.forename: Sangwoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sang Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D006046:Gold