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Intersubband Quantum Disc-in-Nanowire Photodetectors with Normal-Incidence Response in the Long-Wavelength Infrared

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† Solid State Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
‡ Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Halmstad University, Box 823, SE-301 18 Halmstad, Sweden
§ Sol Voltaics AB, Scheelevägen 22, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden
∥ Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Science for Life Laboratory, SE-171 21 Solna, Sweden
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Cite this: Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 1, 365–372
Publication Date (Web):December 19, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04217
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    Semiconductor nanowires have great potential for realizing broadband photodetectors monolithically integrated with silicon. However, the spectral range of such detectors has so far been limited to selected regions in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions. Here, we report on the first intersubband nanowire heterostructure array photodetectors exhibiting a spectrally resolved photoresponse from the visible to long-wavelength infrared. In particular, the infrared response from 3 to 20 μm is enabled by intersubband transitions in low-bandgap InAsP quantum discs synthesized axially within InP nanowires. The intriguing optical characteristics, including unexpected sensitivity to normal incident radiation, are explained by excitation of the longitudinal component of optical modes in the photonic crystal formed by the nanostructured portion of the detectors. Our results provide a generalizable insight into how broadband nanowire photodetectors may be designed and how engineered nanowire heterostructures open up new, fascinating opportunities for optoelectronics.

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    • μ-PL characteristics of single InP/InAsP QDisc-in-NW, spectrally resolved PC of a 20 QDiscs-in-NW photodetector compared with a single QDisc-in-NW photodetector, 2D FDE model results for a periodic InP NW array and for a periodic InP NW array with SiO2 shells and photoresist infill, Ez component of the electric field on a slice in the x–z plane of the 3D FDTD model, and a STEM image of a NW showing a mixed ZB/WZ crystal structure. (PDF)

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