Abstract

Light reflectance mitigation is the most crucial factor for achieving optimal photodetector performance. In this respect, light-trapping mechanisms based on nanostructures or microstructures such as nanopillars, nanocones and nanopyramids have emerged as the most promising candidate for reducing overall light reflectance. This is because of their large effective irradiation area, multiple scattering of incident light and increased path length of incident rays in these nanostructures. This paper proposes an optical model of a GaAs/GaSb material-based vertically oriented core–shell cone-topped octagonal nanopillar structure with periodical trapezoidal nanotexturization over it to be deployed on a circular planar detector surface with a radius of 50 μm. The geometric analytical investigation of the proposed model reveals 0.999 overall absorbance, 0.995A/W photoresponsivity, and 87% EQE at 1 μm operating wavelength.

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