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Large-Area Fabrication of Antennas and Nanodiodes

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The conventional fabrication method in semiconductor technology or nanoelectronics is electron beam lithography. We present a new fabrication method that enables the fabrication of high amount microscale and nanoscale devices on various substrates, namely, nanotransfer printing. Using this technique, we produced millions of nanoscale metal-insulator-metal diodes which represent rectifying devices in the terahertz regime and thousands of antenna structures that are sensitive in the wavelength regime of infrared light. The combination of this two (opto)electronic devices forms a rectenna that converts absorbed infrared light into a DC current. With our approach, the fabrication of large arrays of rectennas is possible which leads to applications in the field of infrared detectors or energy harvesting.

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Acknowledgment

The research leading to these results has received funding from the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), the International Graduate School for Science and Engineering (IGSSE) at the Technische Universität München, and the German Excellence Cluster “Nanosystems Initiative Munich” (NIM).

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  1. Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333, Munich, Germany

    Mario Bareiß, Giuseppe Scarpa, Bernhard Fabel & Paolo Lugli

  2. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Daniel Kälblein, Ute Zschieschang & Hagen Klauk

  3. Center for Nano Science and Technology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 46556, USA

    Peter M. Krenz & Wolfgang Porod

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    Garret Moddel

  2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Center for Photovoltaics, Golden, Colorado, USA

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Bareiß, M. et al. (2013). Large-Area Fabrication of Antennas and Nanodiodes. In: Moddel, G., Grover, S. (eds) Rectenna Solar Cells. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3716-1_14

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