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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
Applicant:
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 31/119 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/119 (2013.01); H01L 27/1446 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H01L 27/14875 (2013.01); H01L 31/02327 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are infrared (IR) light detectors. The detectors operate by generating hot electrons in a metallic absorber layer on photon absorption, the electrons being transported through an energy barrier of an insulating layer to a metal or semiconductor conductive layer. The energy barrier is set to bar response to wavelengths longer than a maximum wavelength. Particular embodiments also have a pattern of metallic shapes above the metallic absorber layer that act to increase photon absorption while reflecting photons of short wavelengths; these particular embodiments have a band-pass response.