Improvements in the Performance of a Visible–NIR Photodetector Using Horizontally Aligned TiS3 Nanoribbons

We report the fabrication and characterization of visible and near-infrared-resistive photodetector using horizontally aligned titanium tri sulfide (TiS3) nanoribbons. The fabrication process employed micro-electromechanical system, photolithography and dielectrophoretic (DEP) methods. The interdigitated electrodes (IDE) fingers were fabricated using photolithography and thin-film metallization techniques onto the Si/SiO2 substrate, and then TiS3 nanoribbons were horizontally aligned in between IDE using DEP. The fabricated device was first characterized in absence of light and then, the photodetector-based characteristics were obtained by illuminating it with fiber-coupled laser beam. These characteristics were optimized by varying wavelength and power density of the laser beam. The present photodetector shows a maximum responsivity of 5.22 × 102 A/W, quantum efficiency of 6.08 × 102, and detectivity of 1.69 × 109 Jones. The switching times, i.e., response and recovery times were found to be 1.53 and 0.7...