Multi-Element Optical Detectors with Sub-Wavelength Gaps

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A multi-element optical detector includes a plurality of optical detector elements capable of producing an output signal having information about the state of an incident electromagnetic radiation as a function of time. An active region includes a photosensitive region of one of the optical detector elements separated in part or in whole from the photosensitive region of at least one other optical detector element by a distance less than the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation that the optical detector elements are being used to detect.

Researchers

Karl Berggren / Jamie Kerman / Eric Dauler / Joel Yang / Vikas Anant

Departments: Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Lincoln Laboratory
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics: Photonics, Semiconductors / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging, Optical Sensing

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