On-Chip Integrated, Silicon-Graphene Plasmonic Schottky Photodetector with High Responsivity and Avalanche Photogain

Ilya Goykhman, Ugo Sassi, Boris Desiatov, Noa Mazurski, Silvia Milana, Domenico De Fazio, Anna Eiden, Jacob Khurgin, Joseph Shappir, Uriel Levy, Andrea C. Ferrari

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Abstract

We report an on-chip integrated metal graphene-silicon plasmonic Schottky photodetector with 85 mA/W responsivity at 1.55 μm and 7% internal quantum efficiency. This is one order of magnitude higher than metal-silicon Schottky photodetectors operated in the same conditions. At a reverse bias of 3 V, we achieve avalanche multiplication, with 0.37A/W responsivity and avalanche photogain ∼2. This paves the way to graphene integrated silicon photonics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3005-3013
Number of pages9
JournalNano Letters
Volume16
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.

Funding

We acknowledge funding from EU Graphene Flagship (No. 604391), ERC Grant Hetero2D, and EPSRC Grant Nos. EP/ K01711X/1, EP/K017144/1, EP/N010345/1, EP/M507799/ 1, and EP/L016087/1.

FundersFunder number
Seventh Framework Programme604391
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/L016087/1, EP/K017144/1, EP/M507799/ 1, EP/ K01711X/1, EP/N010345/1
European Commission
European CommissionHetero2D

    Keywords

    • Graphene
    • avalanche multiplication
    • photodetectors
    • silicon photonics

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