Multi-color imaging with silicon-on-insulator diode uncooled infrared focal plane array using through-hole plasmonic metamaterial absorbers

Abstract

This paper reports a silicon-on-insulator diode uncooled infrared focal plane array (IRFPA) with through-hole plasmonic metamaterial absorbers (TH-PLMAs) for multi-color imaging with a 320×240 array format. Through-holes formed on the PLMA can reduce the thermal mass while maintaining both the single-mode and high absorption due to plasmonic metamaterial structures, which results in fast response and high responsivity. The detection wavelength of the PLMA with through-holes can be controlled over a wide range of the IR spectrum by varying the size of the micropatches on the top layer.