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most citedDark current in monolithic extended-SWIR GeSn PIN photodetectors

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physics.optics2026

A Silicon-Compatible Uncooled Compact Broadband Infrared Spectrometer

A. Nomezine, G. Daligou, D. Vlassov +3

Infrared spectroscopy is a widely used technique for molecular identification, yet its widespread deployment remains constrained by bulky instrumentation, cryogenic cooling require…

physics.optics2026

Extending Silicon Avalanche Photodetection Beyond m by Direct GeSn Integration

M. R. M. Atalla, J. Bélec, E. Rahier +5

Silicon avalanche photodiodes provide a technologically mature platform for sensitive photodetection, but their spectral response is intrinsically limited by the silicon bandgap. E…

physics.app-ph2026

Reduced Dark Current in Cd0.9Zn0.1Te Detector Arrays by Aluminium Oxide Passivation

Sudarshan Singh, Luc Montpetit, Eloïse Rahier +3

Contrary to the prevailing view that processing cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) semiconductors above 150 °C leads to irreversible device degradation, here we show that Al2O3 passivati…

physics.app-ph2026

Mid-Infrared Thermal Radiation Harvesting using Uncooled Narrow Bandgap GeSn Thermophotovoltaic cell

Gérard Daligou, Mahmoud R. M. Atalla, Cédric Lemieux-Leduc +4

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells are increasingly attractive for applications in industrial waste heat harvesting, aerospace energy management, and compact power generation. Deployin…

physics.app-ph2025

Polarization-sensitive GeSn Mid-Infrared Membrane Photodetectors with Integrated Plasmonic Metasurface

Ziqiang Cai, Cédric Lemieux-Leduc, Mahmoud R. M. Atalla +4

Germanium-Tin (GeSn) semiconductors are promising for mid-infrared optoelectronics owing to their silicon compatibility, tunable bandgap, and potential for room-temperature operati…

physics.app-ph2025

Waveguide-Coupled Mid-Infrared GeSn Membrane Photodetectors on Silicon-on-Insulator

Cédric Lemieux-Leduc, Mahmoud R. M. Atalla, Simone Assali +5

Silicon photonics has thrived in telecommunications over recent decades, and its extension to the mid-infrared range has the potential to unlock valuable opportunities for sensing,…

physics.app-ph2024★ 5 cited

Transfer-printed multiple GeSn membrane mid-infrared photodetectors

Cédric Lemieux-Leduc, Mahmoud R. M. Atalla, Simone Assali +8

Due to their narrow band gap and compatibility with silicon processing, germanium-tin (GeSn) alloys are a versatile platform for scalable integrated mid-infrared photon…

physics.app-ph2024

Extended-SWIR High-Speed All-GeSn PIN Photodetectors on Silicon

Mahmoud R. M. Atalla, Cedric Lemieux-Leduc, Simone Assali +3

There is an increasing need for silicon-compatible high bandwidth extended-short wave infrared (e-SWIR) photodetectors (PDs) to implement cost-effective and scalable optoelectronic…

physics.optics2023

Mid-infrared top-gated Ge/GeSn nanowire phototransistors

Lu Luo, Mahmoud RM Atalla, Simone Assali +2

Achieving high crystalline quality GeSn semiconductors at Sn content exceeding 10\% is quintessential to implementing the long sought-after silicon-compatible mid-inf…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Mid-Infrared Detectors and Imagers Integrating All-Group IV Nanowires

Lu Luo, Mahmoud RM Atalla, Simone Assali +3

Cost-effective mid-wave infrared (MWIR) optoelectronic devices are of utmost importance to a plethora of applications such as night vision, thermal sensing, autonomous vehicles, fr…

physics.app-ph2022★ 28 cited

Dark current in monolithic extended-SWIR GeSn PIN photodetectors

Mahmoud R. M. Atalla, Simone Assali, Sebastian Koelling +2

The monolithic integration of extended short-wave infrared (e-SWIR) photodetectors (PDs) on silicon is highly sought-after to implement manufacturable, cost-effective sensing and i…

physics.app-ph2021★ 14 cited

Recrystallization and Interdiffusion Processes in Laser-Annealed Strain-Relaxed Metastable GeSn0

Salim Abdi, Simone Assali, Mahmoud R. M. Atalla +3

The prospect of GeSn semiconductors for silicon-integrated infrared optoelectronics brings new challenges related to the metastability of this class of materials. As a matter of fa…