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Bilayer graphene has many unique optoelectronic properties , including a tuneable band gap, that make it possible to develop new and more efficient optical and nanoelectronic devices. We have developed a Monte Carlo simulation for a single…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-20 J. O. D. Williams , J. S. Lapington , M. Roy , I. B. Hutchinson

The combination of plasmonic nanoparticles and graphene enhances the responsivity and spectral selectivity of graphene-based photodetectors. However, the small area of the metal-graphene junction, where the induced electron-hole pairs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 T. J. Echtermeyer , S. Milana , U. Sassi , A. Eiden , M. Wu , E. Lidorikis , A. C. Ferrari

The integration of graphene (Gr) with nitride semiconductors is highly interesting for applications in high-power/high-frequency electronics and optoelectronics. In this work, we demonstrated the direct growth of Gr on Al0.5Ga0.5N/sapphire…

Graphane is a semiconductor with an energy gap, obtained from hydrogenation of the two-dimensional grapheme sheet. Together with the two-dimensional geometry, unique transport features of graphene, and possibility of doping graphane, p and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-29 B. Gharekhanlou , S. B. Tousaki , S. Khorasani

We report compact, scalable, high-performance, waveguide integrated graphene-based photodetectors (GPDs) for telecom and datacom applications, not affected by dark current. To exploit the photothermoelectric (PTE) effect, our devices rely…

Fast modulation and switching of light at visible and near-infrared (vis-NIR) frequencies is of utmost importance for optical signal processing and sensing technologies. No fundamental limit appears to prevent us from designing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Renwen Yu , Valerio Pruneri , F. Javier Garcia de Abajo

Despite the now vast body of two-dimensional materials under study, bilayer graphene remains unique in two ways: it hosts a simultaneously tunable band gap and electron density; and stems from simple fabrication methods. These two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-19 M. K. Brinkley , D. S. L. Abergel , B. D. Clader

A critical challenge for the integration of the optoelectronics is that photodetectors have relatively poor sensitivities at the nanometer scale. It is generally believed that a large electrodes spacing in photodetectors is required to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-27 Yufei Cao , Kaiming Cai , Pingan Hu , Lixia Zhao , Tengfei Yan , Xinhui Zhang , Xiaoguang Wu , Kaiyou Wang , Houzhi Zheng

The prospects of using nanofilms of indium-containing III-V semiconductors, gold and single-layer graphene in magnetic field sensors, intended for application in radiation environment were evaluated on the results of testing in neutron…

In this work, we investigate the optoelectronic properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires, which are good candidates for applications based on integrated optics. Single ZnO nanowire photodetectors were fabricated with ohmic contacts. By…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-29 J. ph Girard , L. Giraudet , S Kostcheev , B Bercu , T J Puchtler , R A Taylor , C Couteau

Ultrafast electrically driven nanoscale light sources are critical components in nanophotonics. Compound semiconductor-based light sources for the nanophotonic platforms have been extensively investigated over the past decades. However,…

We study the photoconductivity response of graphene nanoribbons with armchair edges in the presence of dissipation using a Lindblad-von Neumann master equation formalism. We propose to control the transport properties by illuminating the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-16 H. P. Ojeda Collado , Lukas Broers , Ludwig Mathey

In this paper, we report the synthesis of high-quality Ta2Ni3Se8 crystals free of noble or toxic elements and the fabrication and testing of photodetectors on the wire samples. A broadband photoresponse from 405 nm to 1550 nm is observed,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 W. L. Zhen , W. T. Miao , W. L. Zhu , C. J. Zhang , W. K. Zhu

We report on the integration of large area CVD grown single- and bilayer graphene transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) on amorphous silicon multispectral photodetectors. The broadband transmission of graphene results in 440% enhancement…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-08-15 Daniel S. Schneider , Andreas Bablich , Max C. Lemme

Highly sensitive and fast photodetector devices with CdSe quantum nanowires as active elements have been developed exploiting the advantages of electro- and wet-chemical routes. Bismuth nanoparticles electrochemically synthesized directly…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-07-20 Alexander Littig , Hauke Lehmann , Christian Klinke , Tobias Kipp , Alf Mews

We implemented a nanoelectronic interface between graphene field effect transistors (FETs) and soluble proteins. This enables production of bioelectronic devices that combine functionalities of the biomolecular and inorganic components. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Ye Lu , Mitchell B. Lerner , Zhengqing John Qi , Joseph J. Mitala , Jong Hsien Lim , Bohdana M. Discher , A. T. Charlie Johnson

Ultrathin films of topological Dirac semimetal, Na$_3$Bi, has recently been revealed as an unusual electronic materials with field-tunable topological phases. Here we investigate the electronic and transport properties of ultrathin Na$_3$Bi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-14 Liemao Cao , Guanghui Zhou , Qingyun Wu , Shengyuan A. Yang , Hui Ying Yang , Yee Sin Ang , L. K. Ang

Nanoscale photothermal sources find important applications in theranostics, imaging, and catalysis. In this context, graphene offers a unique suite of optical, electrical, and thermal properties, which we exploit to show self-consistent…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-08 Renwen Yu , Qiushi Guo , Fengnian Xia , F. Javier García de Abajo

Semiconducting nanowire (NW) devices have garnered attention in self-powered electronic and optoelectronic applications. This work explores and exhibits, for the first time for visible light, a clear evidence of the zero-biased…

Graphene is a single layer of covalently bonded carbon atoms, which was discovered only 8 years ago and yet has already attracted intense research and commercial interest. Initial research focused on its remarkable electronic properties,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-06 Callum J. Docherty , Cheng-Te Lin , Hannah J. Joyce , Robin J. Nicholas , Laura M. Herz , Lain-Jong Li , Michael B. Johnston