Van der Waals two-color infrared photodetector

With the increasing demand for multispectral information acquisition, infrared multispectral imaging technology that is inexpensive and can be miniaturized and integrated into other devices has received extensive attention. However, the widespread usage of such photodetectors is still limited by the high cost of epitaxial semiconductors and complex cryogenic cooling systems. Here, we demonstrate a noncooled two-color infrared photodetector that can provide temporal-spatial coexisting spectral blackbody detection at both near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths. This photodetector consists of vertically stacked back-to-back diode structures. The two-color signals can be effectively separated to achieve ultralow crosstalk of similar to 0.05% by controlling the built-in electric field depending on the intermediate layer, which acts as an electron-collecting layer and hole-blocking barrier. The impressive performance of the two-color photodetector is verified by the specific detectivity (D*) of 6.4 x 10(9) cm Hz(1/2) W-1 at 3.5 mu m and room temperature, as well as the promising NIR/MWIR two-color infrared imaging and absolute temperature detection.

Automated summary

With the increasing demand for multispectral information acquisition, there has been extensive attention on inexpensive and miniaturizable infrared multispectral imaging technology. However, the high cost of epitaxial semiconductors and complex cooling systems limit the widespread usage of these photodetectors. In this study, a noncooled two-color infrared photodetector is demonstrated, which achieves ultralow crosstalk and impressive performance for NIR/MWIR two-color infrared imaging and absolute temperature detection.