Polarization-selective resonant photonic crystal photodetector

Abstract

Resonance-assisted photonic crystal (PhC) slab photodetectors are demonstrated by utilizing six 7-nm -thick InGaAsP quantum wells. In order to encourage efficient photon coupling into the slab from the vertical direction, a coupled-dipole-cavity-array PhC structure is employed. Inheriting the characteristics of the dipole mode, this resonant detector is highly polarization selective and shows a 22-nm -wide spectral width. The maximum responsivity of 0.28 AW, which is >20 times larger than that of the identical detector without the pattern, is observed near 1.56 μm. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.