• 文献标题:   Amplifying photocurrent of graphene on GeSn film by sandwiching a thin oxide between them
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LV YH, LI H, LEE KC, CHANG GE, SHIEH TH, WU XS, CHANG CR, WU HC, HUNG KM, CHENG HH
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1063/5.0024798
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We report an investigation of the photoresponse of a GeSn film with a graphene layer placed on top and a thin GeO2 layer sandwiched between them. Both wavelength- and power-dependent amplification of the photocurrent are demonstrated. These results are associated with the spatial separation of photoexcited electrons and holes enabled by the thin oxide layer, where electrons and holes accumulate in graphene and the GeSn film, respectively. This spatial separation of negative and positive charges generates a mutual gating that increases the number of carriers in both layers, yielding the amplification observed in the measurement. A quantitative method based on an equivalent circuit model is provided, and the numerical results agree well with the experimental data. Our results represent an advance toward the realization of high-performance heterostructured photodetectors, and the modeling provides a framework for analyzing the photodetection capability of other two-dimensional materials on semiconductor films.