%0 Journal Article
%A Briones, Edgar
%A Briones, Joel
%A Martínez Antón, Juan Carlos
%A Cuadrado, Alexander
%A McMurtry, Stefan
%A Hehn, Michel
%A Montaigne, François
%A Alda, Javier
%A Gonzalez, Francisco Javier
%T Seebeck Nanoantennas for Infrared Detection and Energy Harvesting Applications
%D 2014
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33922
%X Abstract— In this letter we introduce a new type of infrared sensor, based on thermocouple nanoantennas, which enables the energy detection and gathering in the mid-infrared region. The proposed detector combines the Seebeck effect, as a transduction mechanism, with the functionalities of the optical antennas for optical sensing. By using finite-element numerical simulations we evaluate the performance and optical-to-electrical conversion efficiency of the proposed device, unveiling its potential for optical sensing and energy harvesting applications
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