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Enhanced Absorptivity of Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector by Introducing of Metal Nanostructure Layer

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Quantum dot infrared photodetector (QDIP) shows more superior characteristics; however, the low absorption rate is still the fundamental factor restricting the performance of the detector. So in our paper, the QDIP is improved by introducing the metal structure with the strips and holes to increase absorptivity. The results demonstrate that the enhanced QDIP can greatly improve the photon absorptivity up to 98.92% as a result of the local coupling surface plasmon effect, which is 1.23 times than that of the conventional photodetectors without the metal array structures.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11874245 and 11875032), Applied Basic Research Project of Shanxi Province (Nos. 201701D221096, 201701D121038, 201801D121071, 201901D111316, 201901D211431), Universities Science and Technology innovation projects of Shanxi Province(No. 2019 L0746), Key R&D Project of Shanxi Province (No. 201803D121083), Science and Technology Innovation Group of Shanxi Province (No. 201805D131006),Shanxi Province Universities Science and Technology Achievements Transformation and Cultivation Project (No. 29), Applied Basic Research Project of Datong City (No. 2018152), and Datong City Key Industry Research Project (2019014).

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics, Shanxi Datong University, Datong City, 037009, People’s Republic of China

    Hongmei Liu, Zhixiang Gao & Jiangang Li

  2. School of Physical Science and Electronics, Shanxi Datong University, Datong City, 037009, People’s Republic of China

    Hongmei Liu, Qiaowen Lin, Zhixiang Gao, Jiangang Li & Chunhua Yang

  3. School of Science, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an City, 710065, People’s Republic of China

    Liang JunJun

  4. Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), Jilin University, Changchun City, 130012, People’s Republic of China

    Guodong Wei

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Liu, H., JunJun, L., Lin, Q. et al. Enhanced Absorptivity of Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector by Introducing of Metal Nanostructure Layer. Plasmonics 15, 1421–1427 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01152-4

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