Design of a sector bowtie nano-rectenna for optical power and infrared detection

doi:10.1007/s11467-015-0508-7

Frontiers of Physics

2015, Vol. 10

Issue (5): 104101 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-015-0508-7

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Design of a sector bowtie nano-rectenna for optical power and infrared detection

Kai Wang^1,²,Haifeng Hu¹,Shan Lu¹,Lingju Guo¹(

),Tao He^1,^*(

)

1. CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Abstract：

We designed a sector bowtie nanoantenna integrated with a rectifier (Au−TiO_x−Ti diode) for collecting infrared energy. The optical performance of the metallic bowtie nanoantenna was numerically investigated at infrared frequencies (5−30 μm) using three-dimensional frequency-domain electromagnetic field calculation software based on the finite element method. The simulation results indicate that the resonance wavelength and local field enhancement are greatly affected by the shape and size of the bowtie nanoantenna, as well as the relative permittivity and conductivity of the dielectric layer. The output current of the rectified nano-rectenna is substantially at nanoampere magnitude with an electric field intensity of 1 V/m. Moreover, the power conversion efficiency for devices with three different substrates illustrates that a substrate with a larger refractive index yields a higher efficiency and longer infrared response wavelength. Consequently, the optimized structure can provide theoretical support for the design of novel optical rectennas and fabrication of optoelectronic devices.

Key words： nano-rectenna MIM diode surface plasmon resonance local field enhancement photoelectric conversion efficiency

收稿日期: 2015-08-01 出版日期: 2015-10-26

Corresponding Author(s): Tao He

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. [J]. Frontiers of Physics, 2015, 10(5): 104101.
Kai Wang,Haifeng Hu,Shan Lu,Lingju Guo,Tao He. Design of a sector bowtie nano-rectenna for optical power and infrared detection. Front. Phys. , 2015, 10(5): 104101.

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