Broadband absorption enhancement of thin SOI photodiode with high-density gold nanoparticles

被引:5
作者
Ono, Atsushi [1 ]
Enomoto, Yasushi [2 ]
Matsumura, Yasufumi [2 ]
Satoh, Hiroaki [1 ]
Inokawa, Hiroshi [1 ]
机构
[1] Shizuoka Univ, Elect Res Inst, Naka Ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 4328011, Japan
[2] Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chem Co Ltd, Kisarazu, Chiba 2920835, Japan
来源
OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS | 2014年 / 4卷 / 04期
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
SOLAR-CELLS; ARRAYS; FILMS;
D O I
10.1364/OME.4.000725
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We demonstrated the quantum efficiency (QE) of silicon-oninsulator (SOI) photodiode was enhanced in visible wavelength region by using gold (Au) nanoparticles. The photons plasmonically scattered by Au nanoparticles couples with the waveguide mode in SOI, and are absorbed efficiently. Optimum size and density of Au nanoparticles have been investigated by 3-D FDTD simulations for sensitivity improvement. The highest enhancement factor of the absorption efficiency in 100-nm-thick SOI is obtained by periodically attaching Au nanoparticles of about 140 nm in diameter and 1.7 x 10(9) particles/ cm(2) in density. Two- fold enhancement in QE was experimentally achieved in visible by the SOI photodiode with randomly arranged Au nanoparticles of the size and density close to the optimized values. (C)2014 Optical Society of America
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页码:725 / 732
页数:8
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