Ahmed, A.S.; Kim, H.J.; Kim, J.; Hwang, K.S.; Kim, S. Enhancing the Responsivity of Uncooled Infrared Detectors Using Plasmonics for High-Performance Infrared Spectroscopy. Sensors2017, 17, 908.
Ahmed, A.S.; Kim, H.J.; Kim, J.; Hwang, K.S.; Kim, S. Enhancing the Responsivity of Uncooled Infrared Detectors Using Plasmonics for High-Performance Infrared Spectroscopy. Sensors 2017, 17, 908.
Ahmed, A.S.; Kim, H.J.; Kim, J.; Hwang, K.S.; Kim, S. Enhancing the Responsivity of Uncooled Infrared Detectors Using Plasmonics for High-Performance Infrared Spectroscopy. Sensors2017, 17, 908.
Ahmed, A.S.; Kim, H.J.; Kim, J.; Hwang, K.S.; Kim, S. Enhancing the Responsivity of Uncooled Infrared Detectors Using Plasmonics for High-Performance Infrared Spectroscopy. Sensors 2017, 17, 908.
Abstract
A lead zirconate titanate [PZT;Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3] layer embedded infrared (IR) detector decorated with wavelength-selective plasmonic crystals has been investigated for high-performance non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) spectroscopy. A plasmonic IR detector with an enhanced IR absorption band has been designed based on numerical simulations, fabricated by conventional microfabrication techniques, and characterized with a broadly tunable quantum cascade laser. The enhanced responsivity of the plasmonic IR detector at specific wavelength band has improved the performance of NDIR spectroscopy and pushed the limit of detection (LOD) by an order of magnitude. In this paper, a 13 fold enhancement in the LOD of a methane gas sensing using NDIR spectroscopy is demonstrated with the plasmonic IR detector.
Keywords
plasmonics; infrared detector; MEMS; gas sensing
Subject
Physical Sciences, Applied Physics
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