WITHDRAWN: Light absorption enhancement of plasmonic based photo-detector with double nanograting structure

Abstract

Abstract This era of high speed photonic systems demands photo detectors to have large bandwidth, gain and improved light enhancement competence. Amongst the different light absorption enhancement methods being researched by the investigators, plasmonic has acquired increased attention in the last decades. Although single layer plasmonic supported metal semiconductor metal photo detector has been explored for higher light absorption efficiency, but exploration for double layer structure is lacking in literature. This paper presents performance of plasmonic based photodetector with double layer of nanogratings optimized at wavelength of 1.4 µm for night vision applications. Proposed design of plasmonic supported photodetector with double nanograting reports quenching factor of 92.14% and provides highest light enhancement with subwavelength aperture height of 60 nm. This can be credited to fact that both top and bottom layer of grating contributes to light trapping.