Chip-integrated van der Waals PN heterojunction photodetector with low dark current and high responsivity

Ruijuan Tian; Xuetao Gan; Chen Li; Xiaoqing Chen; Siqi Hu; Linpeng Gu; Dries Van Thourhout; Andres Castellanos-Gomez; Zhipei Sun; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00784-x

Light: Science & Applications (Apr 2022)

Chip-integrated van der Waals PN heterojunction photodetector with low dark current and high responsivity

Ruijuan Tian,
Xuetao Gan,
Chen Li,
Xiaoqing Chen,
Siqi Hu,
Linpeng Gu,
Dries Van Thourhout,
Andres Castellanos-Gomez,
Zhipei Sun,
Jianlin Zhao

Affiliations

Ruijuan Tian: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xuetao Gan: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Chen Li: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xiaoqing Chen: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Siqi Hu: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Linpeng Gu: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Dries Van Thourhout: Photonics Research Group and Center for Nano and Biophotonics, Ghent University
Andres Castellanos-Gomez: Materials Science Factory, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC)
Zhipei Sun: Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering and QTF Centre of Excellence, Aalto University
Jianlin Zhao: Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00784-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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We report a waveguide-integrated BP/MoTe2 PN heterojunction photodetector. It presents ultralow dark currents and high responsivities, which has potentials to develop high-performance on-chip photodetectors for various photonic integrated circuits.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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