TY - JOUR
T1 - Aluminum nanoparticles for plasmon-improved coupling of light into silicon
AU - Villesen, Thorbjørn Falk
AU - Uhrenfeldt, Christian
AU - Johansen, Britta
AU - Hansen, John Lundsgaard
AU - Ulriksen, Hans Ulrik
AU - Larsen, Arne Nylandsted
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - This paper investigates the improved photo-current response obtained by depositing Al nanoparticles on top of a Si diode. Well defined Al nanodiscs with a diameter and height of 100 nm are produced on the surface of a Si diode using electron-beam lithography, and the change in photo-current generation is characterized. A blue shift of the photo-current response is demonstrated, substantially improving the relation between gains and losses compared to what is typically observed in similar schemes using Ag nanoparticles. Enhanced photo-current response is observed in diodes with Al particles on the surface at all wavelengths larger than ≈465 nm, thereby minimizing the losses in the blue range usually reported with Ag nanoparticles on the surface
AB - This paper investigates the improved photo-current response obtained by depositing Al nanoparticles on top of a Si diode. Well defined Al nanodiscs with a diameter and height of 100 nm are produced on the surface of a Si diode using electron-beam lithography, and the change in photo-current generation is characterized. A blue shift of the photo-current response is demonstrated, substantially improving the relation between gains and losses compared to what is typically observed in similar schemes using Ag nanoparticles. Enhanced photo-current response is observed in diodes with Al particles on the surface at all wavelengths larger than ≈465 nm, thereby minimizing the losses in the blue range usually reported with Ag nanoparticles on the surface
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U2 - 10.1088/0957-4484/23/8/085202
DO - 10.1088/0957-4484/23/8/085202
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
SN - 0957-4484
VL - 23
SP - 23
JO - Nanotechnology
JF - Nanotechnology
IS - 8
ER -