Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Photonics
Volume
8
Issue
12
Publisher
MDPI
School
School of Science
RAS ID
40511
Funders
School of Engineering and Technology, Melbourne Campus, Victoria
School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Australia
Centre for Intelligent Systems, Brisbane, QLD Central Queensland University, Australia
Abstract
The primary focus of this review article mainly emphasizes the light absorption enhancement for various nanostructured gratings assisted metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors (MSM-PDs) that are so far proposed and developed for the improvement of light capturing performance. The MSM-PDs are considered as one of the key elements in the optical and high-speed communication systems for applications such as faster optical fiber communication systems, sensor networks, high-speed chip-to-chip interconnects, and high-speed sampling. The light absorption enhancement makes the MSM-PDs an ideal candidate due to their excellent performances in detection, especially in satisfying the high-speed or high-performance device requirements. The nano-grating assisted MSM-PDs are preordained to be decorous for many emerging and existing communication device applications. There have been a significant number of research works conducted on the implementa-tion of nano-gratings, and still, more researches are ongoing to raise the performance of MSM-PDs particularly, in terms of enhancing the light absorption potentialities. This review article aims to provide the latest update on the exertion of nano-grating structures suitable for further developments in the light absorption enhancement of the MSM-PDs.
DOI
10.3390/photonics8120539
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Das, N., Nur-E-Alam, M., Islam, A., & Ain, A. Z. M. (2021). Nano-grating assisted light absorption enhancement for msm-pds performance improvement: An updated review. Photonics, 8(12), article 539.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8120539