CN108899388A - A kind of silicon substrate graphene photodetector - Google Patents

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CN108899388A
CN108899388A CN201810701611.7A CN201810701611A CN108899388A CN 108899388 A CN108899388 A CN 108899388A CN 201810701611 A CN201810701611 A CN 201810701611A CN 108899388 A CN108899388 A CN 108899388A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of silicon substrate graphene photodetectors, including silicon waveguide, pad oxide layer, oxide covering and graphene, it further include the sub-wavelength metal electrode that symmetrically placed the first metal electrode and the second metal electrode are constituted, the sub-wavelength metal electrode is using two different metal cross arrangements above silicon waveguide.The present invention is contacted by two different metals with graphene, and the doping of various concentration or type is generated, to introduce potential difference between sub-wavelength metal electrode, driving photo-generated carrier is flowed to two electrodes;The present invention passes through the cross arrangement structure of electrode, plays the contact area for increasing electrode and graphene, improves the absorption efficiency of carrier;The present invention is by being fitted in sub-wavelength metal electrode top for graphene, sub-wavelength metal electrode carries out light field regulation to horizontal magnetic (TM) mould transmitted in silicon waveguide, increase the electric field component being parallel on graphene direction, it interacts to enhance light field and graphene, improves the responsiveness of detector.

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A kind of silicon substrate graphene photodetector
Technical field
The invention belongs to optical fields, more particularly, to a kind of silicon substrate graphene photodetector.
Background technique
Compared to traditional optical platform, silicon based photon has numerous advantages, for example, it is low in energy consumption, with roomy, size is small, It is compatible with conventional microelectronic production technology (i.e. CMOS technology) etc., it has developed into the next-generation high speed optical communication of solution and light is mutual Important subject even.Photodetector receives extensive concern and the research of people as the basic device on silicon optical bench.Often The on piece detector seen includes iii-v detector and germanium (Ge) detector, but iii-v detector and traditional CMOS work Skill is incompatible to cause its cost of manufacture higher, and Ge detector, due to the defect of itself electrical properties, bandwidth is difficult to surmount 100GHz.In recent years, the appearance of new material was that the development of detector brings new opportunities.Wherein, graphene is as a kind of allusion quotation The two-dimensional material of type possesses many excellent photoelectric properties, can research and develop as photodetector on New card.
High speed graphene detector most reported that theory shows the carrier mobility due to its superelevation, stone earlier than 2009 The bandwidth of black alkene detector is expected to more than 500GHz.But initial graphene detector is the structure based on vertical incidence, light Field only contacts once with graphene, and the interaction of light field and graphene is weaker, so as to cause the responsiveness of such detector It is lower.In order to enhance the interaction of light field and graphene, people combine graphene with waveguide, utilize the evanscent field of waveguide The contact of long range is formd with graphene, to enhance the interaction of light field and graphene, its responsiveness can be mentioned High 1~2 order of magnitude.In order to further enhance the interaction of light field and graphene, people also carry out the structure of silicon waveguide New exploration, including the structure of the structure resonant cavity formula of metal auxiliary type, but the former can introduce additional light loss Consumption, the latter will cause resonance effect, both can have an adverse effect to the performance of detector.
Summary of the invention
In view of the drawbacks of the prior art, it is an object of the invention to solve common silica-based waveguides due to light field and graphene phase Interaction is limited and leads to that detector responsivity is lower, large-sized structure leads to that detector bandwidth is limited, common metal auxiliary Type structure introduces the technical issues of high additional optical loss.
To achieve the above object, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of silicon substrate graphene photodetector, including silicon waveguide, Pad oxide layer, oxide covering and graphene,
The photodetector further includes symmetrically placed the first metal electrode and the second metal electrode, and two electrodes are adopted With second wavelength metallic structure, sub-wavelength metal electrode is together constituted,
The sub-wavelength metal electrode is using two different metal cross arrangements above silicon waveguide.
Specifically, arrangement period≤200nm of the sub-wavelength metal electrode structure.
Specifically, the graphene fits in the upper surface of the sub-wavelength metal electrode.
Specifically, the length and width of the photodetector is micron level.
In general, through the invention it is contemplated above technical scheme is compared with the prior art, have below beneficial to effect Fruit:
(1) present invention is contacted by two different metals with graphene, generates various concentration or type to graphene Doping, to introduce potential difference between sub-wavelength metal electrode, driving photo-generated carrier is flowed to two electrodes.
(2) present invention passes through the cross arrangement structure of electrode, the contact area for increasing electrode and graphene is played, to mention The absorption efficiency of high carrier.
(3) present invention is by being fitted in sub-wavelength metal electrode top for graphene, and sub-wavelength metal electrode is to silicon wave The TM mould for leading middle transmission carries out light field regulation, increases the electric field component being parallel on graphene direction, to enhance light field and stone Black alkene interaction, improves the responsiveness of detector.
(4) characteristic of the invention by sub-wavelength structure, so that electric field energy is concentrated mainly between metal and metal In gap, the contact excessive with metal is avoided, to reduce the light loss of metal.
(5) present invention takes metal auxiliary type silicon waveguide, resonance effect is avoided, to realize broadband response;Pass through The length and width control of detector is other in the micron-scale, so that the size of entire detector is smaller, to ensure that its bandwidth is larger.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of ordinary silicon base graphene photodetector in the prior art.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of silicon substrate graphene photodetector provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is ordinary silicon base graphene photodetector and silicon substrate graphene photodetector electric field provided by the invention point The comparison diagram of amount.
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In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments, right The present invention is further elaborated.It should be appreciated that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present invention, and It is not used in the restriction present invention.
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of ordinary silicon base graphene photodetector in the prior art.As shown in Figure 1, ordinary silicon Base graphene photodetector includes silicon waveguide 1, pad oxide layer 2, oxide covering 3, the first metal electrode 4, the second gold medal Belong to electrode 5 and graphene 6.
Silicon waveguide 1 plays guide-lighting effect, and bandpass is set as the rectangular silicon waveguide of 500nm, can support 1550nm The single mode transport of light.
Pad oxide layer 2 and oxide covering 3 play support and protection.
First metal electrode 4, the second metal electrode 5 are contacted with graphene 6 respectively, generate P+, it is two different in P, N Adulterate effect.
Graphene 6 is common two-dimensional material, plays light in absorbing waveguides, generates photo-generated carrier and is responsible for transporting current-carrying The function of son.
Ordinary silicon base graphene photodetector is layered on graphene in silicon waveguide, and electricity is then grown on graphene Pole.Graphene 6 is directly layered on the top of silicon waveguide 1, and light field can only be interacted in the form of evanescent wave with graphene.And by In the grapheme two-dimension material the characteristics of, graphene can only interact with the electric field component being parallel on its direction, and silicon It is upward all to concentrate on the light perpendicular to graphene for the most electric field energy of TM mode in waveguide, further limits silicon substrate graphite The performance of alkene detector.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of silicon substrate graphene photodetector provided in an embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Fig. 2, this The silicon substrate graphene photodetector provided, including silicon waveguide 1, pad oxide layer 2, oxide covering 3 and graphene are provided 6, wherein the photodetector further includes the sub-wavelength that symmetrically placed the first metal electrode 4 and the second metal electrode 5 are constituted Metal electrode, the sub-wavelength metal electrode is using two different metal cross arrangements above silicon waveguide.Graphene is no longer It is attached in silicon waveguide, but fits in metal electrode upper surface by external transfer techniques.
Sub-wavelength refers to the period of two kinds of metal cross arrangements much smaller than work optical wavelength in the present embodiment.Specifically, sub- Arrangement period≤200nm of length metal electrode structure.Using equivalent medium mode it is found that the metal structure of this sub-wavelength can To be equivalent to one layer of anisotropic medium, TM mode in waveguide at this time can be calculated according to Light Wave Guide Theory and be distributed.This implementation Due to the design of sub-wavelength metal electrode structure in example, so that the interaction of light field and graphene has obtained great enhancing, Therefore, the size of entire detector can be made small, and length can control in 10 microns, and width can control micro- 2 Rice or so.So compact structure ensures the bandwidth of silicon substrate graphene detector, when not considering carrier transit Between in the case where the carrier mobility of superelevation (graphene have), the bandwidth of entire device can be more than 200GHz.
Fig. 3 is ordinary silicon base graphene photodetector and silicon substrate graphene photodetector electric field provided by the invention point The comparison diagram of amount.Wire frame representation silicon waveguide region in Fig. 3.As shown in figure 3, due to graphene can only be parallel on its direction Electric field component interact, and the most electric field energy of TM mode is all concentrated on perpendicular to graphene in silicon waveguide Light is upward.And most electric field energy all concentrates on being parallel to graphite in silicon substrate graphene photodetector provided by the invention On the direction of alkene, and all concentrate on the upper surface of metal sub-wavelength structure.
More than, the only preferable specific embodiment of the application, but the protection scope of the application is not limited thereto, and it is any Within the technical scope of the present application, any changes or substitutions that can be easily thought of by those familiar with the art, all answers Cover within the scope of protection of this application.Therefore, the protection scope of the application should be subject to the protection scope in claims.

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1. a kind of silicon substrate graphene photodetector, including silicon waveguide, pad oxide layer, oxide covering and graphene, It is characterized in that,
The photodetector further includes symmetrically placed the first metal electrode and the second metal electrode, and two electrodes are all made of Asia Wave length metallic structure together constitutes sub-wavelength metal electrode,
The sub-wavelength metal electrode is using two different metal cross arrangements above silicon waveguide.
2. silicon substrate graphene photodetector as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the sub-wavelength metal electrode structure Arrangement period≤200nm.
3. silicon substrate graphene photodetector as claimed in claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that the graphene fits in institute State the upper surface of sub-wavelength metal electrode.
4. silicon substrate graphene photodetector as claimed in claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that the length of the photodetector, Width is micron level.
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