One and two-photon photocurrents from tunable organic microcavity photodiodes

We have constructed multilayer thin-film organic microcavity photodiodes with the photoactive layer comprised of a spin-coated conjugated polymer and an evaporated C60 layer. The electrodes are designed as semitransparent mirrors which form a resonant cavity structure. The photocurrent spectra show distinct maxima at the optical resonances of the cavities, which are located up to 200 nm below the fundamental optical transition of the polymer. The design allows a simple tuning of the spectral response by varying the layer thickness. Microcavity photodiodes are also shown to be highly sensitive two-photon detectors, which exhibit a factor 500 improvement in the two-photon response compared to devices without photonic confinement.