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The nonlinear responses of different materials provide useful mechanisms for optical switching, low noise amplification, and harmonic frequency generation. However, the nonlinear processes usually have an extremely weak nature and require…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-24 Boyuan Jin , Tianjing Guo , Christos Argyropoulos

Graphene Josephson junctions (JJ) provide a promising platform for ultra-broadband quantum sensing of light owing to graphene's frequency-independent absorption, vanishing electronic heat capacity, and weak electron-phonon coupling, which…

When light is absorbed by a semiconductor, photoexcited charge carriers enhance the absorption of far-infrared radiation due to intraband transitions. We observe the opposite behavior in monolayer graphene, a zero-gap semiconductor with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-02 A. J. Frenzel , C. H. Lui , W. Fang , N. L. Nair , P. K. Herring , P. Jarillo-Herrero , J. Kong , N. Gedik

Electrically injected terahertz (THz) radiation sources are extremely appealing given their versatility and miniaturization potential, opening the venue for integrated-circuit THz technology. In this work, we show that coherent THz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 Pedro Cosme , Hugo Terças

Graphene is a single layer of covalently bonded carbon atoms, which was discovered only 8 years ago and yet has already attracted intense research and commercial interest. Initial research focused on its remarkable electronic properties,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-06 Callum J. Docherty , Cheng-Te Lin , Hannah J. Joyce , Robin J. Nicholas , Laura M. Herz , Lain-Jong Li , Michael B. Johnston

We present terahertz (THz) metasurfaces based on aligned rectangular graphene patches placed on top of a dielectric layer to convert the transmitted linearly polarized waves to circular or elliptical polarized radiation. Our results lead to…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-30 Tianjing Guo , Christos Argyropoulos

In this work, we report our study on the THz emission in Fe/Pt magnetic heterostructures. We have carried out a comprehensive investigation of THz emission from Fe/Pt magnetic heterostructures, employing time-domain THz spectroscopy. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-01-05 Dewang Yang , Jianhui Liang , Chao Zhou , Lu Sun , Ronger Zheng , Shengnian Luo , Yizheng Wu , Jingbo Qi

The lateral interdigital array of the graphene microribbons (GMRs) on the h-BN substrate connected by narrow graphene nanoribbon (GNR) bridges serves as an efficient detector of terahertz (THz) radiation. The detection is enabled by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 V. Ryzhii , C. Tang , T. Otsuji , M. Ryzhii , M. S. Shur

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-09 M. Białek , A. M. Witowski , M. Orlita , M. Potemski , M. Czapkiewicz , J. Wróbel , V. Umansky , M. Grynberg , J. Łusakowski

We report a highly efficient tunable THz reflector in graphene. By applying a small gate voltage (up to 3 V), the reflectance of graphene is modulated from a minimum of 0.79% to a maximum of 33.4% using graphene/ionic liquid structures at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Yang Wu , Xuepeng Qiu , Hongwei Liu , Jingbo Liu , Yuanfu Chen , Lin Ke , Hyunsoo Yang

We study theoretically a multi-frequency response of electrons in confined graphene subject to dc-ac driven fields. We explore the possibility for using graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) to generate and amplify terahertz (THz) radiations in…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-02-18 M. Rabiu , S. Y. Mensah , S. S. Abukari

We analyze dynamic properties of vertical graphene-base hot-electron transistors (GB-HETs) and consider their operation as detectors of terahertz (THz) radiation using the developed device model. The GB-HET model accounts for the tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 V. Ryzhii , T. Otsuji , M. Ryzhii , V. Mitin , M. S. Shur

Within the two antenna model, we develop a theory of the recently observed helicity-sensitive detection of terahertz radiation by FETs. The effect arises because of the mixing of the ac signals produced in the channel by the two antennas.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 K. S. Romanov , M. I. Dyakonov

Nanostructured materials have emerged as an alternative to enhance the figure of merit (ZT) of thermoelectric (TE) devices. Graphene exhibits a high electrical conductivity (in-plane) that is necessary for a high ZT; however, this effect is…

We study electromagnetic scattering and subsequent plasmonic excitations in periodic grids of graphene ribbons. To address this problem, we develop an analytical method to describe the plasmon-assisted absorption of electromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-28 P. A. D. Gonçalves , E. J. C. Dias , Yu. V. Bludov , N. M. R. Peres

The development of flexible electronics operating at radio-frequencies (RF) requires materials that combine excellent electronic performance and the ability to withstand high levels of strain. In this work, we fabricate graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-07 Nicholas Petrone , Inanc Meric , James Hone , Kenneth L. Shepard

An ultra-broadband THz emitter covering a wide range of frequencies from 0.1 to 10 THz is highly desired for spectroscopy applications. So far, spintronic THz emitters have been proven as one class of efficient THz sources with a broadband…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-12-10 Mengji Chen , Yang Wu , Yang Liu , Kyusup Lee , Xuepeng Qiu , Pan He , Jiawei Yu , Hyunsoo Yang

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

Nonlinear optics is an increasingly important field for scientific and technological applications, owing to its relevance and potential for optical and optoelectronic technologies. Currently, there is an active search for suitable nonlinear…

Amongst the wide spectrum of potential applications of graphene, ranging from transistors and chemical-sensors to nanoelectromechanical devices and composites, the field of photonics and optoelectronics is believed to be one of the most…