posted on 2018-03-27, 00:00authored byP. Ma, N. Flöry, Y. Salamin, B. Baeuerle, A. Emboras, A. Josten, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, L. Novotny, J. Leuthold
Two-dimensional
(2D) materials integrated with planar photonic
elements enable a new class of electro-optical components and hold
much promise for a novel 2D material integrated circuit technology.
Here, we present a few-layer MoTe2 waveguide photodetector
that is operable across the entire O-band of the near-infrared optical
telecommunication spectral range. The device is realized in a two-terminal
in-plane electrode configuration without applying external gating.
It features a competitive photoresponsivity of 23 mA/W as well as
a low dark current, both of which lead to a highly sensitive photodetection
with a large dynamic range. Moreover, the design of the photodetector
exhibits a fast photoresponse with a bandwidth approaching 1 GHz,
outperforming prior TMDC-based photodetectors. Optical data experiments
proved the operation of our device at data rates of 1 Gbit/s, revealing
the applicability of integrating 2D materials for practical optical
data communication applications.