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Photodetector having one-dimensional grating structure

US10535786B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 2015
Grant dateJan 14, 2020
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2006/12126
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a light receiving element with high light receiving sensitivity.The light receiving element comprises: a light absorbing layer that absorbs light to generate a carrier; and a diffraction element that converts the optical path of first polarized light, which is obliquely incident on a plane formed by the light absorbing layer, so that the first polarized light propagates in a first direction along the light absorbing layer, and that converts the optical path of second polarized light incident from the same direction as the first polarized light so that the second polarized light propagates in a second direction, opposite the first direction, along the light absorbing layer.

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