Waveguide-Integrated van der Waals Heterostructure Mid-Infrared Photodetector with High Performance

Extending the operation wavelength of silicon photonics to the mid-infrared (mid-IR) band will significantly benefit critical application areas, including health care, astronomy, and chemical sensing. However, a major hurdle for mid-IR silicon photonics has been the lack of high-speed, high-responsivity, and low noise-equivalent power (NEP) photodetectors. Here, we demonstrate a van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure mid-IR photodetector integrated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide. The detector is composed of vertically stacked black phosphorus (BP)/molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2). We measured high responsivity (up to 0.85 A/W) over a 3-4 μm spectral range, indicating that waveguide-confined light could strongly interact with vdW heterostructures on top. In addition, the waveguide-integrated detector could be modulated at high speed (>10 MHz) and its switching performance shows excellent stability. These results, together with the noise analysis, indicate that the NEP of the detector is as low as 8.2 pW/Hz1/2. This reported critical missing piece in the silicon photonic toolbox will enable the wide-spread adoption of mid-IR integrated photonic circuits.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 14(2022), 21 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 24856-24863

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Po-Liang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yueyang [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Tian-Yun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jia-Xin [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Seokhyeong [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Zhuoran [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mo [VerfasserIn]
Majumdar, Arka [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chang-Hua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Black phosphorus
Journal Article
Mid-infrared
Photodetector
Silicon photonics
Van der Waals heterostructures

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Date Revised 01.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.2c01094

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340058692