Illumination study of a quantum MIM diode for the mid-infrared

E. Moreno and E. Michael

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2019, vol. 33, issue 15, 1955-1977

Abstract: Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) junctions with insulators a few nanometers thick are quantum-tunneling diodes able to operate at frequencies up to $10^{15} $1015 Hz. However, their main limitation is their poor harvested current. This paper demonstrates that a distributed illumination produced by combining a beam splitter with the Kretschmann and Reather prism-based configuration extends the tunneling event to the entire junction length with the same probability all along the junction. This increases the harvested quantum-tunneling current and the diode responsivity.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2019.1659188

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