Hydrodynamic modeling of surface plasmon enhanced photon induced current in a gold grating

English, A. T.; Cheng, Cheng-Wen; Lowe, Lloyd; Shih, Min‐Hsiung; Kuang, Wan

doi:10.1063/1.3590200

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“…The phenomenon of PDE is a direct consequence of the law of momentum conservation, where electrical signals arise from the momentum transfer from impinging photons to the free electrons in a conductor . Recently, the PDE has been observed in a variety of plasmonic structures and offers a new potential route to electrooptic information processing. The realization of the PDE typically requires oblique illumination or asymmetric plasmonic patterns in order to disrupt the centrosymmetry of the system and generate a net current flow.…”

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An Active Metamaterial Platform for Chiral Responsive Optoelectronics

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Chiral-selective non-linear optics and optoelectronic signal generation are demonstrated in an electrically active photonic metamaterial. The metamaterial reveals significant chiroptical responses in both harmonic generation and the photon drag effect, correlated to the resonance behavior in the linear regime. The multifunctional chiral metamaterial with dual electrical and optical functionality enables transduction of chiroptical responses to electrical signals for integrated photonics.

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An Active Metamaterial Platform for Chiral Responsive Optoelectronics

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“…Thus, a quasiperiodic plasmonic coupler that couples both visible and nearinfrared light to surface plasmon polaritons is designed and demonstrated (le Feber et al, 2011). In (English et al, 2011) the current Fig. 2.…”

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Potential of plasmonics in photovoltaic solar cells

Adamovic

Schmid

2011

Elektrotech. Inftech.

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One of the most promising ways to enhance the localized light absorption and to improve the efficiency of extremely thin solar cells is to use plasmonic structures. Plasmons are embedded metal nanostructures which can localize incident light on a sub-micrometric scale enabling light concentration and trapping. The current research shows that the optical broadband absorption in thin-film solar cells can be enhanced due to the local field enhancement by surface plasmons, leading to lower recombination currents, higher open circuit voltages, higher conversion efficiencies and even completely new solar-cell designs. This review paper will present the current research on different thin cell designs; on both near-field light concentration close to the nanoparticles resonance and effective light trapping. Recent significant enhancements of light absorption as well as overall efficiency enhancements have been reported for different types of thin film cells (e.g. a-Si, organic, GaAs). Potential der Plasmonik in photovoltaischen Solarzellen.Um die lokalisierte Lichtabsorption zu erhö hen und die Effizienz der extrem dü nnen Solarzellen zu verbessern, ist die Nutzung der plasmonischen Strukturen einer der aussichtsreichsten Wege. Plasmonen sind eingebettete metallische Nanostrukturen, die es ermö glichen, einfallendes Licht im Sub-Mikrometerbereich zu lokalisieren und zu konzentrieren. Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse haben dargelegt, dass die breitbandige optische Absorption in Dü nnschicht-Solarzellen aufgrund der lokal erhö hten Feldstä rke durch Oberflä chenplasmonen verbessert werden kann. Dies fü hrt zu kleineren Rekombinationsströ men, hö heren Leerlaufspannungen, hö heren Wirkungsgraden und sogar zu vö llig neuen Konzepten fü r Solarzellen. Diese Review-Publikation prä sentiert den aktuellen Stand der Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Nahfeld-Licht-Konzentration sowie effektives Licht-Trapping bei unterschiedlichen Zellen-Designs. Weiters werden aktuelle signifikante Verbesserungen der Lichtabsorption sowie des Gesamtwirkungsgrades fü r verschiedene Arten von Dü nnschicht-Zellen (z. B. a-Si, organischen, GaAs) dargestellt.

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“…Recently, this theory was applied to the calculation of OR voltage induced in a Au grating slab and reproduced the main feature of experiment. 16 The second approach is based on the Lorentz force on bound current and charge and was developed by Durach et al; this approach corresponds to the viewpoint of an open circuit. Theoretical models that are quite similar to the latter can be found in literature.…”

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Theory of the optical-rectification effect in metallic thin films with periodic modulation

2017

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We conducted theoretical and numerical investigations of the optical rectification (OR) effect in metallic structures with periodic modulation. A new formulation of the OR effect is presented, and the mechanism by which the OR effect is generated, which has been a controversial issue in previous studies, is clarified. We reveal that the OR effect is strongly enhanced by a combination of spatial variation of the metallic structure and local electric field enhancement. Our theory was numerically evaluated and agreed fairly well with experiment.

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Hydrodynamic modeling of surface plasmon enhanced photon induced current in a gold grating

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

An Active Metamaterial Platform for Chiral Responsive Optoelectronics

An Active Metamaterial Platform for Chiral Responsive Optoelectronics

Potential of plasmonics in photovoltaic solar cells

Theory of the optical-rectification effect in metallic thin films with periodic modulation

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