Surface-plasmon mediated total absorption of light into silicon

doi:10.1364/OE.19.020673

Surface-plasmon mediated total absorption of light into silicon

Jae Woong Yoon, Woo Jae Park, Kyu Jin Lee, Seok Ho Song, and Robert Magnusson »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 21, pp. 20673-20680 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.020673

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We report surface-plasmon mediated total absorption of light into a silicon substrate. For an Au grating on Si, we experimentally show that a surface-plasmon polariton (SPP) excited on the air/Au interface leads to total absorption with a rate nearly 10 times larger than the ohmic damping rate of collectively oscillating free electrons in the Au film. Rigorous numerical simulations show that the SPP resonantly enhances forward diffraction of light to multiple orders of lossy waves in the Si substrate with reflection and ohmic absorption in the Au film being negligible. The measured reflection and phase spectra reveal a quantitative relation between the peak absorbance and the associated reflection phase change, implying a resonant interference contribution to this effect. An analytic model of a dissipative quasi-bound resonator provides a general formula for the resonant absorbance-phase relation in excellent agreement with the experimental results.

OCIS Codes
(040.6040) Detectors : Silicon
(050.1950) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction gratings
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: August 24, 2011
Revised Manuscript: September 21, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: September 22, 2011
Published: October 3, 2011

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Jae Woong Yoon, Woo Jae Park, Kyu Jin Lee, Seok Ho Song, and Robert Magnusson, "Surface-plasmon mediated total absorption of light into silicon," Opt. Express 19, 20673-20680 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-21-20673

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J. Yoon, K. H. Seol, S. H. Song, and R. Magnusson, “Critical coupling in dissipative surface-plasmon resonators with multiple ports,” Opt. Express18(25), 25702–25711 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Y. P. Bliokh, J. Felsteiner, and Y. Z. Slutsker, “Total absorption of an electromagnetic wave by an overdense plasma,” Phys. Rev. Lett.95(16), 165003 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. V. Teperik, F. J. García de Abajo, A. G. Borisov, M. Abdelsalam, P. N. Bartlett, Y. Sugawara, and J. J. Baumberg, “Omnidirectional absorption in nanostructured metal surfaces,” Nat. Photonics2(5), 299–301 (2008). [CrossRef]
W. Wan, Y. Chong, L. Ge, H. Noh, A. D. Stone, and H. Cao, “Time-reversed lasing and interferometric control of absorption,” Science331(6019), 889–892 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. N. Grigorenko, P. I. Nikitin, and A. V. Kabashin, “Phase jumps and interferometric surface plasmon resonance imaging,” Appl. Phys. Lett.75(25), 3917–3919 (1999). [CrossRef]
A. V. Kabashin and P. I. Nikitin, “Surface plasmon resonance interferometer for bio- and chemical-sensors,” Opt. Commun.150(1-6), 5–6 (1998). [CrossRef]
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K. Tvingstedt, N.-K. Persson, O. Inganas, A. Rahachou, and I. V. Zozoulenko, “Surface plasmon increase absorption in polymer photovoltaic cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett.91(11), 113514 (2007). [CrossRef]
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[1] J. Yoon, K. H. Seol, S. H. Song, and R. Magnusson, “Critical coupling in dissipative surface-plasmon resonators with multiple ports,” Opt. Express18(25), 25702–25711 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] Y. P. Bliokh, J. Felsteiner, and Y. Z. Slutsker, “Total absorption of an electromagnetic wave by an overdense plasma,” Phys. Rev. Lett.95(16), 165003 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] T. V. Teperik, F. J. García de Abajo, A. G. Borisov, M. Abdelsalam, P. N. Bartlett, Y. Sugawara, and J. J. Baumberg, “Omnidirectional absorption in nanostructured metal surfaces,” Nat. Photonics2(5), 299–301 (2008). [CrossRef]

[4] W. Wan, Y. Chong, L. Ge, H. Noh, A. D. Stone, and H. Cao, “Time-reversed lasing and interferometric control of absorption,” Science331(6019), 889–892 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] A. N. Grigorenko, P. I. Nikitin, and A. V. Kabashin, “Phase jumps and interferometric surface plasmon resonance imaging,” Appl. Phys. Lett.75(25), 3917–3919 (1999). [CrossRef]

[6] A. V. Kabashin and P. I. Nikitin, “Surface plasmon resonance interferometer for bio- and chemical-sensors,” Opt. Commun.150(1-6), 5–6 (1998). [CrossRef]

[7] T. D. Heidel, J. K. Mapel, M. Singh, K. Celebi, and M. A. Baldo, “Surface plasmon polariton mediated energy transfer in organic photovoltaic devices,” Appl. Phys. Lett.91(9), 093506 (2007). [CrossRef]

[8] K. Tvingstedt, N.-K. Persson, O. Inganas, A. Rahachou, and I. V. Zozoulenko, “Surface plasmon increase absorption in polymer photovoltaic cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett.91(11), 113514 (2007). [CrossRef]

[9] C. Hägglund and S. P. Apell, “Resource efficient plasmon-based 2D-photovoltaics with reflective support,” Opt. Express18(S3Suppl 3), A343–A356 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] H. A. Haus, Waves and Fields in Optoelectronics (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984).

[11] J. Chandezon, M. Dupuis, G. Cornet, and D. Maystre, “Multicoated gratings: a differential formalism applicable in the entire optical region,” J. Opt. Soc. Am.72(7), 839–846 (1982). [CrossRef]

[12] E. D. Palik, Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids II (Academic Press, San Diego, 1998).

[13] D. Maystre, M. Nevière, and P. Vincent, “On the general theory of anomalies and energy absorption by diffraction gratings and their relation with surface waves,” J. Mod. Opt.25(9), 905–915 (1978). [CrossRef]

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