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We characterize the terahertz detection mechanism in antenna-coupled metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. At low temperature, 4.2 K, a peak in the low-frequency differential resistance is observed at zero bias current due to non-Ohmic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Joel D. Chudow , Daniel F. Santavicca , Chris B. McKitterick , Daniel E. Prober , Philip Kim

We characterize radio frequency detection in a high-quality metallic single-walled carbon nanotube. At a bath temperature of 77 K, only bolometric (thermal) detection is seen. At a bath temperature of 4.2 K and low bias current, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Daniel F. Santavicca , Joel D. Chudow , Daniel E. Prober , Meninder S. Purewal , Philip Kim

This letter reports measurements of microwave (up to 4.5 GHz) detection in metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. The measured voltage responsivity was found to be 114 V/W at 77K. We also demonstrated heterodyne detection at 1 GHz. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Rodriguez-Morales , R. Zannoni , J. Nicholson , M. Fischetti , K. S. Yngvesson , J. Appenzeller

We formulate and justify several proposals utilizing the unique electronic properties of different types of carbon nanotubes for a broad range of applications to THz optoelectronics, including THz generation by hot electrons in…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-09-25 M. E. Portnoi , O. V. Kibis , M. Rosenau da Costa

The diverse applications of terahertz radiation and its importance to fundamental science makes finding ways to generate, manipulate, and detect terahertz radiation one of the key areas of modern applied physics. One approach is to utilize…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-30 R. R. Hartmann , J. Kono , M. E. Portnoi

Generating and detecting radiation in the technologically relevant range of the so-called terahertz gap ($0.1 - 10$ THz) is challenging because of a lack of efficient sources and detectors. Quantum dots in carbon nanotubes have shown great…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-17 G. Buchs , M. Marganska , J. W. González , K. Eimre , C. A. Pignedoli , D. Passerone , A. Ayuela , O. Gröning , D. Bercioux

We achieve high detectivity terahertz sensing using a silicon nitride nanomechanical resonator functionalized with a metasurface absorber. High performances are achieved by striking a fine balance between the frequency stability of the…

We describe a film of highly-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes that acts as an excellent terahertz linear polarizer. There is virtually no attenuation (strong absorption) when the terahertz polarization is perpendicular (parallel) to…

Chiral optical terahertz (THz) devices have significant technological implications for telecommunications, spectroscopy, and sensing. Engineering tunable, broadband, and cost-effective THz chiral materials has long been recognized as a…

Plasmon resonance is expected to occur in metallic and doped semiconducting carbon nanotubes in the terahertz frequency range, but its convincing identification has so far been elusive. The origin of the terahertz conductivity peak commonly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-17 Q. Zhang , E. H. Haroz , Z. Jin , L. Ren , X. Wang , R. S. Arvidson , A. Luttge , J. Kono

Terahertz (THz) imaging has the ability to see through otherwise opaque materials. However, due to the long wavelengths of THz radiation ({\lambda}=300{\mu}m at 1THz), far-field THz imaging techniques are heavily outperformed by optical…

The thermal radiation from an isolated finite-length carbon nanotube (CNT) is theoretically investigated both in near- and far-field zones. The formation of the discrete spectrum in metallic CNTs in the terahertz range is demonstrated due…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-10-09 A. M. Nemilentsau , G. Ya. Slepyan , S. A. Maksimenko

With the use of the semiclassical Boltzmann equation we have calculated a direct current (d.c) in undoped zigzag carbon nanotube (CN) by mixing two coherent electromagnetic waves with commensurate frequencies i.e and . This effect is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-18 S. Y. Mensah , S. S. Abukari , N. G. Mensah , K. A. Dompreh , A. Twum , F. K. A. Allotey

Terahertz coloured digital holography ranging from 1.39 THz up to 4.25 THz is demonstrated. It is shown that it can be applied for the investigation of low-absorbing objects, and it is illustrated via inspection of stacked graphene layers…

Terahertz (THz) radiation with its spectrum extending up to 1 THz has been observed by an illumination of femtosecond optical pulses to optical switching devices fabricated on magnetoresistive manganite thin films;…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Kida , M. Tonouchi

The sensitivity of direct terahertz detectors based on self-mixing of terahertz electromagnetic wave in field-effect transistors is being improved with noise-equivalent power close to that of Schottky-barrier-diode detectors. Here we report…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Hua Qin , Xiang Li , Jiandong Sun , Zhipeng Zhang , Yunfei Sun , Yao Yu , Xingxin Li , Muchang Luo

Collective vibrations of proteins, rotations of small molecules, excitations of high-temperature superconductors, and electronic transitions in semiconductor nanostructures occur with characteristic frequencies between 1 and 10 THz.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 G. B. Serapiglia , M. Hanson , M. F. Doty , P. Focardi , W. R. McGrath , A. C. Gossard , M. S. Sherwin

We demonstrate a single-shot terahertz spectrometer consisting of a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a microbolometer focal plane array. The spectrometer is simple to use and can measure terahertz field autocorrelations and spectral…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-08 Dogeun Jang , Hanran Jin , Ki-Yong Kim

We investigate theoretically the feasibility of generation and amplification of terahertz radiation in aligned achiral carbon nanotubes (zigzag and armchair) in comparison with a superlattice in the presence of a constant (dc) and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-18 S. S. Abukari , S. Y. Mensah , N. G. Mensah , K. W. Adu , M. Rabiu , K. A. Dompreh , A. Twum

We study macroscopically-aligned single-wall carbon nanotube arrays with uniform lengths via polarization-dependent terahertz and infrared transmission spectroscopy. Polarization anisotropy is extreme at frequencies less than $\sim$3 THz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-16 L. Ren , Q. Zhang , C. L. Pint , A. K. Wojcik , M. Bunney , T. Arikawa , I. Kawayama , M. Tonouchi , R. H. Hauge , A. A. Belyanin , J. Kono
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