Enhanced Absorption in 2D Materials Via Fano- Resonant Photonic Crystals
Abstract
The use of two-dimensional (2D) materials in optoelectronics has attracted much attention due to their fascinating optical and electrical properties. For instance, graphenebased devices have been employed for applications such as ultrafast and broadband photodetectors and modulators while transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) based photodetectors can be used for ultrasensitive photodetection. However, the low optical absorption of 2D materials arising from their atomic thickness limits the maximum attainable external quantum efficiency. For example, in the visible and NIR regimes monolayer MoS2 and graphene absorb only ~10% and 2.3% of incoming light, respectively. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the use of Fano-resonant photonic crystals to significantly boost absorption in atomically thin materials. Using graphene as a test bed, we demonstrate that absorption in the monolayer thick material can be enhanced to 77% within the telecommunications band, the highest value reported to date. We also show that the absorption in the Fano-resonant structure is non-local, with light propagating up to 16 μm within the structure. This property is particularly beneficial in harvesting light from large areas in field-effect-transistor based graphene photodetectors in which separation of photo-generated carriers only occurs ~0.2 μm adjacent to the graphene/electrode interface.
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- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1185833
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 2D material; Fano-resonant photonic crystal; enhanced absorption; non-local absorption
Citation Formats
Wang, Wenyi, Klotz, Andrey, Yang, Yuanmu, Li, Wei, Kravchenko, Ivan I., Briggs, Dayrl P., Bolotin, Kirill, and Valentine, Jason. Enhanced Absorption in 2D Materials Via Fano- Resonant Photonic Crystals. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4919760.
Wang, Wenyi, Klotz, Andrey, Yang, Yuanmu, Li, Wei, Kravchenko, Ivan I., Briggs, Dayrl P., Bolotin, Kirill, & Valentine, Jason. Enhanced Absorption in 2D Materials Via Fano- Resonant Photonic Crystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919760
Wang, Wenyi, Klotz, Andrey, Yang, Yuanmu, Li, Wei, Kravchenko, Ivan I., Briggs, Dayrl P., Bolotin, Kirill, and Valentine, Jason. Fri .
"Enhanced Absorption in 2D Materials Via Fano- Resonant Photonic Crystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919760. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1185833.
@article{osti_1185833,
title = {Enhanced Absorption in 2D Materials Via Fano- Resonant Photonic Crystals},
author = {Wang, Wenyi and Klotz, Andrey and Yang, Yuanmu and Li, Wei and Kravchenko, Ivan I. and Briggs, Dayrl P. and Bolotin, Kirill and Valentine, Jason},
abstractNote = {The use of two-dimensional (2D) materials in optoelectronics has attracted much attention due to their fascinating optical and electrical properties. For instance, graphenebased devices have been employed for applications such as ultrafast and broadband photodetectors and modulators while transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) based photodetectors can be used for ultrasensitive photodetection. However, the low optical absorption of 2D materials arising from their atomic thickness limits the maximum attainable external quantum efficiency. For example, in the visible and NIR regimes monolayer MoS2 and graphene absorb only ~10% and 2.3% of incoming light, respectively. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the use of Fano-resonant photonic crystals to significantly boost absorption in atomically thin materials. Using graphene as a test bed, we demonstrate that absorption in the monolayer thick material can be enhanced to 77% within the telecommunications band, the highest value reported to date. We also show that the absorption in the Fano-resonant structure is non-local, with light propagating up to 16 μm within the structure. This property is particularly beneficial in harvesting light from large areas in field-effect-transistor based graphene photodetectors in which separation of photo-generated carriers only occurs ~0.2 μm adjacent to the graphene/electrode interface.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4919760},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 18,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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