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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zhihong Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Di Liang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles M Santori, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H01L 31/101 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01J 1/0407 (2013.01); H01L 31/101 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4466 (2013.01);
Abstract
Plasmonic avalanche photodetection employs an optical antenna and an avalanche photodiode (APD) coupled to the optical antenna. Hot carriers generated by light incident on the optical antenna are received in an avalanche multiplication region of the APD where avalanche multiplication of the hot carriers is provided.