Thermoelectric Sensor Coupled Yagi–Uda Nanoantenna for Infrared Detection

Electronics

Hamsakutty Vettikalladi¹  Saleh A. Alshebeili¹  Waleed Tariq Sethi²  Mohamed Himdi³  Olivier De Sagazan³ 

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia;Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi 23640, Pakistan;IETR (Institut d’Electronique et des Technologies du numéRique), University of Rennes 1, 35000 Rennes, France;

关键词: infrared detection;    thermoelectric sensor;    Yagi–Uda;    nanoantennas;   

DOI  :  10.3390/electronics10050527

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We present an experimental demonstration of a thermoelectric sensor coupled with a nanoantenna as an alternative option for detecting infrared energy. Two nanoantenna design (single element and an array) variations based on Yagi-Uda technology and one separate nano-thermoelectric junction array were fabricated and tested. The nanoantennas were tuned to operate and respond at a center wavelength of 1550 nm (193.5 THz) optical C-band window, but they also exhibited a resonance response when excited by lasers of various wavelengths (650 nm and 940 nm). The radiation-induced electric currents in the nanoantennas, coupled with a nano-thermoelectric sensor, produced a potential difference as per the Seebeck effect. With respect to the uniform thermal measurements of the reference nanoantenna, the experiments confirmed the detection properties of the proposed nanoantennas; the single element detected a peak percentage voltage hike of 28%, whereas the array detected a peak percentage voltage hike of 80% at the center wavelength. Compared to state-of-the-art thermoelectric designs, this was the first time that such peak percentage voltages were experimentally reported following a planar design based on the Seebeck principle.

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