Plasmonic Resonance Enhanced Polarization-Sensitive Photodetection by Black Phosphorus in Near Infrared.

Black phosphorus, a recently intensely investigated two-dimensional material, is promising for electronic and optoelectronic applications due to its higher mobility and thickness-dependent direct band gap. With its low direct band gap and anisotropic properties in nature, black phosphorus is also suitable for near-infrared polarization-sensitive photodetection. To enhance photoresponsivity of a black phosphorus based photodetector, we demonstrate two designs of plasmonic structures. In the first design, plasmonic bowtie antennas are used to increase the photocurrent, particularly in the armchair direction, where the optical absorption is higher than that in the zigzag direction. The simulated electric field distribution with bowtie structures shows enhanced optical absorption by localized surface plasmons. In the second design, bowtie apertures are used to enhance the inherent polarization selectivity of black phosphorus. A high photocurrent ratio (armchair to zigzag) of 8.7 is obtained. We choose a near-infrared wavelength of 1550 nm to demonstrate the photosensitivity enhancement and polarization selectivity, as it is useful for applications including telecommunication, remote sensing, biological imaging, and infrared polarimetry imaging.

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