施托基红外探测器具有超出内部光辐射极限的光学调节屏障
Jintao Fu1,2, Zhongmin Guo1,2, Changbin Nie1,2
1Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China.
Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.))
|March 21, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了一种新的Schottky红外探测器,通过使用可光学调节的屏障来克服性能限制. 这一进步使高灵敏的室温红外成像成为可能,有望改进探测器技术.
科学领域:
- 光电学是指光电子产品.
- 固态物理 固态物理
- 光子学 是一个光子学.
背景情况:
- 内部光辐射是检测子带隙光子的关键,对于红外成像至关重要.
- 目前的肖特基红外探测器受到低能光子的低肖特基屏障高度的限制.
研究的目的:
- 提出一种新的Schottky红外探测器设计,可以超越内部光辐射极限.
- 为了实现高灵敏度和室温操作,用于红外探测.
主要方法:
- 在Schottky二极管中引入了一种可光学调节的屏障,使用红外吸收材料和石墨烯.
- 利用石墨烯可调的费米水平,将光子能量从肖特基屏障高度解.
主要成果:
- 从紫外线到中波红外线实现了宽带光响应.
- 证明了高特异性检测能力:9.83 × 10^10 厘米Hz^1/2 W^-1 在2,700 nm.
- 在黑体辐射下,在室温下报告了7.2 × 10^9厘米的7.2 × 10^9厘米Hz^1/2 W^-1的优异特异检测能力.
结论:
- 拟议的设备范式成功地解决了Schottky红外探测器内部光辐射的局限性.
- 这项工作对开发高灵敏度,室温的Schottky红外探测器具有重大前景.
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