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All-Silicon Ultra-Broadband Infrared Light Absorbers.


ABSTRACT: Absorbing infrared radiation efficiently is important for critical applications such as thermal imaging and infrared spectroscopy. Common infrared absorbing materials are not standard in Si VLSI technology. We demonstrate ultra-broadband mid-infrared absorbers based purely on silicon. Broadband absorption is achieved by the combined effects of free carrier absorption, and vibrational and plasmonic absorption resonances. The absorbers, consisting of periodically arranged silicon gratings, can be fabricated using standard optical lithography and deep reactive ion etching techniques, allowing for cost-effective and wafer-scale fabrication of micro-structures. Absorption wavebands in excess of 15 micrometers (5-20??m) are demonstrated with more than 90% average absorptivity. The structures also exhibit broadband absorption performance even at large angles of incidence (??=?50°), and independent of polarization.

SUBMITTER: Gorgulu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5141492 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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All-Silicon Ultra-Broadband Infrared Light Absorbers.

Gorgulu Kazim K   Gok Abdullah A   Yilmaz Mehmet M   Topalli Kagan K   Bıyıklı Necmi N   Okyay Ali K AK  

Scientific reports 20161207


Absorbing infrared radiation efficiently is important for critical applications such as thermal imaging and infrared spectroscopy. Common infrared absorbing materials are not standard in Si VLSI technology. We demonstrate ultra-broadband mid-infrared absorbers based purely on silicon. Broadband absorption is achieved by the combined effects of free carrier absorption, and vibrational and plasmonic absorption resonances. The absorbers, consisting of periodically arranged silicon gratings, can be  ...[more]

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