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Achieving Ultra‐High Background‐Limited Detectivity by a Brillouin Zone Folding Induced Quasi‐Bound State in the Continuum.
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Advanced Optical Materials . Sep2024, p1. 9p. 5 Illustrations. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- During infrared detection, the thermal radiation from the background generates substantial photon noise and thus severely limit the capability of an infrared detector to identify a target. Going beyond this limitation has been a long‐standing challenge in the development of infrared detectors. This paper proposes to break this limitation by creating a narrow photoresponse band with a high peak responsivity to reject the background radiation and enhance the responsivity to the target with characteristic emission lines. This scheme is numerically demonstrated in a dimerized grating integrated quantum well infrared photodetector, based on critical coupling with a Brillouin zone folding induced quasi‐bound state in the continuum (BIC). The asymmetric deformation of the grating structure folds the photonic band and generates a quasi‐BIC with a tunable high radiation <italic>Q</italic> factor (<italic>QR</italic>) at the Γ point. By reducing the doping concentration of the quantum wells for a high absorption <italic>Q</italic> factor (<italic>QA</italic>) and tuning the <italic>QR</italic> to make <italic>QR</italic> = <italic>QA</italic> for critical coupling, a narrowband photoresponse with a high peak responsivity is achieved and the background‐limited specific detectivity of 4.55 × 1012 cm Hz1/2 W−1 is obtained for a 2π field of view, surpassing the ideal‐photoconductor limit by 92 times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21951071
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Advanced Optical Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179662356
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401857