Graphene Schottky Varactor Diodes for High-Performance Photodetection

Adi Levi, Moshe Kirshner, Ofer Sinai, Eldad Peretz, Ohad Meshulam, Arnab Ghosh, Noam Gotlib, Chen Stern, Shaofan Yuan, Fengnian Xia, Doron Naveh

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Abstract

Over the past decade graphene devices have inspired the progress of future electronic and optoelectronic technologies. The unique combination of fast carrier dynamics and intrinsic quantum capacitance of graphene is a fertile ground for implementing novel device architectures. Here, we report on a novel device architecture comprising graphene Schottky diode varactors and assess the potential applications of this type of new device in optoelectronics. We show that graphene varactor diodes exhibit significant advantages compared with existing graphene photodetectors including elimination of high dark currents and enhancement of the external quantum efficiency (EQE). Our devices demonstrate a large photoconductive gain and EQE of up to 37%, fast photoresponse, and low leakage currents at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1910-1915
Number of pages6
JournalACS Photonics
Volume6
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Aug 2019

Bibliographical note

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Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society.

Funding

D.N. would like to thank the Israel Science Foundation for providing support for this research with Grant 1055/15 and to the Israel Ministry of Defense for providing financial support to this grant with Contract 16121. The authors would like to thank Dr. Gabriel Zeltzer and Dr. Vlada Artel and Dr. Koushik Majhi for useful advice and discussions.

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation1055/15
Ministry of Defense16121

    Keywords

    • Schottky diode
    • dark current
    • graphene
    • high-frequency
    • photodetector
    • varactor

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