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We consider nanowires in the field effect transistor device configuration. Modeling each nanowire as a one dimensional lattice with random site potentials, we study the heat exchanges between the nanowire electrons and the substrate…
Single photon detectors play a key role across several basic science and technology applications. While progress has been made in improving performance, single photon detectors that can maintain high performance while also resolving the…
In a pioneering experiment, Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) demonstrated that noise correlations could be used to probe the properties of a (bosonic) particle source through quantum statistics; the effect relies on quantum interference…
Coherent detection and interferometry in the terahertz (THz) regime are key capabilities that enable applications ranging from astronomy to non-destructive testing. Phase-sensitive THz detection is currently achieved using nonlinear…
Ultrafast optical excitations trigger in materials a range of dynamics. An interesting range of dynamics is the ones that unfold within the picosecond timescale, corresponding to the THz frequency range. Within this short timescale, the…
We have developed a detector of coherent terahertz (THz) radiation that can recover the full polarisation state of a THz transient. The device is three-contact photoconductive receiver, which is capable of recording two time-varying…
We consider the problem of efficient ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) data detection in terahertz (THz)-band non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. We argue that the most common THz NOMA configuration is…
We present a comprehensive symbol error rate (SER) analysis framework for link-level terahertz (THz)-band communication systems under linear zero-forcing (ZF) data detection. First, we derive the mismatched SER for indoor THz systems under…
To manufacture faster electron devices, the industry has entered into the nanoscale dimensions and Terahertz (THz) working frequencies. The discrete nature of the few electrons present simultaneously in the active region of ultra-small…
In this paper, we are concerned with the recovery of the geometric shapes of inhomogeneous inclusions from the associated far field data in electrostatics and acoustic scattering. We present a local resolution analysis and show that the…
Transformation and detection of photons in higher-order spatial modes usually requires complicated holographic techniques. Detectors based on spatial holograms suffer from non-idealities and should be carefully calibrated. We report a novel…
We show in theory and experiment that in periodically patterned spintronic THz emitters (STE), charge dynamics can modify the emission spectrum in a well-controlled way. Characterization of sub-wavelength patterned STE at frequencies up to…
The electronic properties of quasi-one-dimensional anatase TiO2 nanostructures, in the form of thin nanowires having (101) and (001) facets, have been systematically investigated using the standard, hybrid density functional and…
In this opinion piece, we discuss recent advances in experimental methods for characterizing phase change heat transfer. We begin with a survey of techniques for high-resolution measurements of temperature and heat flux at the solid surface…
Scanning Probe Microscopy is used to study and quantify the nanoscale electric phenomena in the two classes of oxide systems, namely transport at electroactive grain boundaries and surface behavior of ferroelectric materials. Scanning…
In order to characterize magnetic-field (B) tunable THz plasmonic detectors, spectroscopy experiments were carried out at liquid helium temperatures and high magnetic fields on devices fabricated on a high electron mobility GaAs/AlGaAs…
We thoroughly investigate the electromagnetic response of intelligent functional metasurfaces. We study two distinct designs operating at different frequency regimes, namely, a switch-fabric-based design for GHz frequencies and a…
In this work, we propose a prototype set-up exploiting terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) to investigate gaseous compounds. The system is portable and allows to perform remote measurements. We used the prototype to characterise…
Spatially resolved photocurrent measurements on carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) operated in various transport regimes are reported. It is demonstrated that the photocurrents measured at different biasing conditions provide…
Free-space time domain THz spectroscopy accesses electrodynamic responses in a frequency regime ideally matched to interacting condensed matter systems. However, THz spectroscopy is challenging when samples are physically smaller than the…