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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
  • University of Cambridge
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Johns Hopkins University

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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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