Thin-film silicon solar cells (TSSC) has received great attention due to its advantages of low
cost and eco-friendly. However, traditional single-layer patterned solar cells (SPSC) still fall …

High–speed, high–power photodiodes play a key role in wireless communication systems
for the generation of millimeter wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) waves based on photonics …

We apply the rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) to the design of a multi-layer
plasmonic refractive index sensor based on metallic nanohole arrays integrated with a Ge …

Mid-and long-wave infrared photodetection is highly desired for various modern
optoelectronic devices, but Si-based broadband photodetectors operating at room …

3D simulations are conducted using Lumerical software to study the performance of surface
illuminated silicon positive–intrinsic–negative photodiodes with microholes. Drift-diffusion …

A Si-based PbSe thin film metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) photodetector with enhanced
efficiency in a wide spectral range is demonstrated with an integrated photon-trapping hole …

Abstract Theory is proposed for nanohole silicon pin/nip photodetector (PD) physics,
promising devices in the future data communications and lidar applications. Photons and …

Although GaAs-based photodetectors have been the dominant technology in optical
communication for decades, the application of submicrometer absorbers for ultrahigh …

In this letter, the conventional rigorous coupled-wave analysis method is improved by using
the Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Using the proposed method, the forward and backward …

Nanostructure engineering has proven to be one of the most effective strategies to improve
the efficiency of photoelectric devices. Herein, we numerically investigate and …