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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 89(2019)

Antenna-assisted subwavelength metal–InGaAs–metal structure for sensitive and direct photodetection of millimeter and terahertz waves

Jinchao Tong1,2, Yue Qu2,3, Fei Suo1, Wei Zhou2, Zhiming Huang2,4,5、*, and Dao Hua Zhang1,6、*
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  • 1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
  • 5e-mail: zmhuang@mail.sitp.ac.cn
  • 6e-mail: EDHZHANG@ntu.edu.sg
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    Jinchao Tong, Yue Qu, Fei Suo, Wei Zhou, Zhiming Huang, Dao Hua Zhang, "Antenna-assisted subwavelength metal–InGaAs–metal structure for sensitive and direct photodetection of millimeter and terahertz waves," Photonics Res. 7, 89 (2019)

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    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Sep. 21, 2018

    Accepted: Nov. 11, 2018

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2019

    The Author Email: Zhiming Huang (zmhuang@mail.sitp.ac.cn), Dao Hua Zhang (EDHZHANG@ntu.edu.sg)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000089

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