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Sub-wavelength graphene structures support localized plasmonic resonances in the terahertz and mid-infrared spectral regimes. The strong field confinement at the resonant frequency is predicted to significantly enhance the light-graphene…

We propose to utilize multiple-graphene-layer structures with lateral p-i-n junctions for terahertz (THz) and infrared (IR) photodetection and substantiate the operation of photodetectors based on these structures. Using the developed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 V. Ryzhii , M. Ryzhii , V. Mitin , T. Otsuji

We analyze the modulation characteristics of the uncooled terahertz (THz) and infrared (IR) detectors using the variation of the density and effective temperature of the two-dimensional electron-hole plasma in uniform graphene layers (GLs)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-15 V. Ryzhii , M. Ryzhii , T. Otsuji , V. Leiman , V. Mitin , M. S. Shur

Terahertz (THz) technology shows great potential in 6G communications and imaging, but faces challenges related to detector sensitivity, noise, and cryogenic operation. Here, we integrate interferometric enhancement of absorption (IEA) from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Runli Li , Shaojing Liu , Ximiao Wang , Hongjia Zhu , Yongsheng Zhu , Shangdong Li , Huanjun Chen

We show experimentally that the terahertz (THz) emission of a plasma, generated in air by a two-color laser pulse (containing a near IR frequency and its second harmonic), can be enhanced by the addition of an 800-nm pulse. We observed…

We propose a method to generate high field terahertz (THz) radiation with peak strength of GV/cm level in the THz frequency gap range 1-10 THz using a relativistic laser interaction with a gaseous plasma target. Due to the effect of local…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-15 Zi-Yu Chen , Alexander Pukhov

A multiple-graphene-layer (MGL) structure with a stack of GLs and a highly conducting bottom GL on SiC substrate pumped by optical radiation is considered as an active region of terahertz (THz) and far infrared (FIR) lasers with external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 V. Ryzhii , M. Ryzhii , A. Satou , T. Otsuji , A. A. Dubinov , V. Ya. Aleshkin

Mixing the fundamental ($\omega$) and the second harmonic (2$\omega$) waves in gas phase is a widely employed technique for emitting terahertz (THz) pulses. The THz generation driven by bi-chromatic fields can be described by the…

A profound understanding of terahertz (THz) spin and charge currents in heterostructures involving ferromagnets (FMs) and two-dimensional (2D) materials promises emerging applications in high-speed sensing and data processing. Yet,…

We report bilayer-graphene field effect transistors operating as THz broadband photodetectors based on plasma-waves excitation. By employing wide-gate geometries or buried gate configurations, we achieve a responsivity $\sim 1.2V/W (1.3…

We propose an alternative explanation for the observed coherent down-conversion in a laser-enabled plasmonic photo-mixer involving infrared, millimeter-wave, microwave photons. We will offer a path toward full experimental characterization…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-06 Hamid Javadi

We propose and analyze the concept of the vertical hot-electron terahertz (THz) graphene-layer detectors (GLDs) based on the double-GL and multiple-GL structures with the barrier layers made of materials with a moderate conduction band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 V. Ryzhii , A. Satou , T. Otsuji , M. Ryzhii , V. Mitin , M. S. Shur

The optimization of laser resonators represents a crucial issue for the design of terahertz semiconductor lasers with high gain and low absorption loss. In this paper, we put forward and optimize the surface plasmonic metal waveguide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-26 Alexander A. Dubinov , Andrey Bylinkin , Vladimir Ya. Aleshkin , Victor Ryzhii , Taiichi Otsuji , Dmitry Svintsov

Graphene is a unique two-dimensional (2D) material that has been extensively investigated owing to its extraordinary photonic, electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties. Excited plasmons along its surface and other unique features are…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-17 Tianjing Guo , Christos Argyropoulos

We demonstrate an ultrafast reversible modulation of resonant terahertz (THz) response in strongly photoexcited metamaterials. The transient spectral-temporal response of the dipole transition ~1.6 THz exhibits a distinct non-monotonic…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-12 I. Chatzakis , L. Luo , J. Wang , N-H. Shen , T. Koschny , J. Zhou , C. M. Soukoulis

We experimentally observe the fast relaxation and relatively slow recombination dynamics of photogenerated electrons/holes in an epitaxial graphene-on-Si heterostructure under pumping with a 1550-nm, 80-fs pulsed fiber laser beam and…

Imaging systems operating in the terahertz part of the electromagnetic spectrum are in great demand because of the distinct characteristics of terahertz waves in penetrating many optically-opaque materials and providing unique spectral…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-09 Xurong Li , Deniz Mengu , Aydogan Ozcan , Mona Jarrahi

Terahertz (THz) emission by two-color, ultrashort optical pulses interacting with underdense helium gases at ultrahigh intensities ($> 10^{19}\,\mathrm{W/cm}^2$) is investigated by means of 3D particle-in-cell simulations. The THz field is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 J. Déchard , A. Debayle , X. Davoine , L. Gremillet , L. Bergé

Terahertz (THz) generation via photomixing on photoconductive antenna using twin delayed chirped pulses provides a long THz pulse with a narrow bandwidth. To generate a long pulse with broad bandwidth, we propose a new method that combines…

In this paper we propose and discuss coherent terahertz sources based on charge density wave (plasmon) amplification in two dimensional graphene. The coupling of the plasmons to interband electron-hole transitions in population inverted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Farhan Rana