Applicability of Metal/Insulator/Metal (MIM) Diodes to Solar Rectennas

Grover, Sachit; Moddel, Garret

doi:10.1109/jphotov.2011.2160489

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“…Although the individual response of a nanoantenna provides various exciting possibilities, its scattering cross section associated with total scattered power is typically very minimal due to its extremely small size. For this reason, nanoantenna experiments are usually demonstrated with the two-dimensional (2-D) planar array of nanoantennas, representing a type of optical metasurface or metamaterial with custom-designed optical properties for imaging and holography [16][17][18], optical switching [14,19,20], polarization and phase controlling [10,11,21,22], energy harvesting [23][24][25][26][27], and nonlinear optical [14,[28][29][30] applications.…”

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“…The presence of optical fields across the MIM junction may adiabatically modulate the electron potential energy. It is, therefore, necessary to take into account the quantum mechanical phenomenon of photon-assisted tunneling [25,35]. According to the Tien-Gordon model [35,36] for monochromatic external fields, new quantum well virtual states are introduced [see Fig.…”

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Modulatable optical radiators and metasurfaces based on quantum nanoantennas

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2015

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Modulatable optical radiators and metasurfaces based on quantum nanoantennas

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Farhat

2015

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“…MIM diodes have been used as "rectennas" [108] at infrared and lower frequencies for power conversion and transmission. At optical frequencies, the operation of MIM diodes as rectification antennas has proven to be difficult [109], with efficiencies remaining low [110] due to the limitation on the RC time constant of the MIM diodes. However, the generation of hot electrons circumvents this limitation: hot electrons generated in one metal can tunnel through the thin insulating layer and be collected in the other metal contact, leading to a measurable photocurrent.…”

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Harvesting the loss: surface plasmon-based hot electron photodetection

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Abstract:Although the nonradiative decay of surface plasmons was once thought to be only a parasitic process within the plasmonic and metamaterial communities, hot carriers generated from nonradiative plasmon decay offer new opportunities for harnessing absorption loss. Hot carriers can be harnessed for applications ranging from chemical catalysis, photothermal heating, photovoltaics, and photodetection. Here, we present a review on the recent developments concerning photodetection based on hot electrons. The basic principles and recent progress on hot electron photodetectors are summarized. The challenges and potential future directions are also discussed.

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“…The total electric field at feeding point will be the sum of electric field of each single bow tie antenna. To achieve an output DC signal, the bowtie nanoantenna is coupled with an MIM (Metal Insulator Metal) [36]. Gadalla et al [37] proponed the structure with Au/Al2O3/Pt.…”

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Nano Energy Harvesting with Plasmonic Nano-Antennas: A review of MID-IR Rectenna and Application

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Drones, a technical nickname for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining more and more interest and popularity. Supported by the miniaturization and cost reduction of electronic components, a new class of UAVs called Nano-air vehicles or NAVs represent the future technology for indoor and outdoor mission. One of the main considerations when building or buying a drone is the flight time and range. The flight time is nowadays a drawback for miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It is limited to a few minutes before requiring a forced recovery to replace exhausted batteries. Currently the batteries are the dominant technology, which possess limited operation in time and energy. The real viability to extending flight time (FT) of NAVs is possibly exploring new and more disruptive alternative solution able either to recharge a battery, or even to directly power the NAVs during the flight. A Plasmonic Nano Energy harvester is an attractive technology to extending the FT extracting the energy in mid-infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface with Rectenna tuned to mid-infrared wavelengths (7 -14 ) m µ with a peak wavelength of about10 m µ . In this review the concepts emerging from this work identify and suggest how this novel harvester can constantly supply these flying objects for the whole day.

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Applicability of Metal/Insulator/Metal (MIM) Diodes to Solar Rectennas

Cited by 165 publications

References 29 publications

Modulatable optical radiators and metasurfaces based on quantum nanoantennas

Modulatable optical radiators and metasurfaces based on quantum nanoantennas

Harvesting the loss: surface plasmon-based hot electron photodetection

Nano Energy Harvesting with Plasmonic Nano-Antennas: A review of MID-IR Rectenna and Application

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