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Graphene based THz modulators are promising due to the conical band structure and high carrier mobility of graphene. Here, we tune the Fermi level of graphene via electrical gating with the help of ionic liquid to control the THz…

Graphene and related two-dimensional (2D) materials associate remarkable mechanical, electronic, optical and phononic properties. As such, 2D materials are promising for hybrid systems that couple their elementary excitations (excitons,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-06 Xin Zhang , Kevin Makles , Léo Colombier , Dominik Metten , Hicham Majjad , Pierre Verlot , Stéphane Berciaud

Graphene has emerged as a promising building block in the modern optics and optoelectronics due to its novel optical and electrical properties. In the mid-infrared and terahertz (THz) regime, graphene behaves like metals and supports…

Optics · Physics 2017-11-15 Shuyuan Xiao , Tao Wang , Xiaoyun Jiang , Xicheng Yan , Le Cheng , Boyun Wang , Chen Xu

Terahertz (THz) fields are widely applied for sensing, communication and quality control. In future applications, they could be efficiently confined, enhanced and manipulated - well below the classical diffraction limit - through the…

We propose and discuss terahertz electro-absorption modulators based on graphene plasmonic structures. The active device consists of a self-gated pair of graphene layers, which are patterned to structures supporting THz plasmonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez , Rusen Yan , Mingda Zhu , Debdeep Jena , Lei Liu , Huili Grace Xing

For future on-chip communication schemes, it is essential to integrate nanoscale materials with an ultrafast optoelectronic functionality into high-frequency circuits. The atomically thin graphene has been widely demonstrated to be suitable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 Andreas Brenneis , Felix Schade , Simon Drieschner , Florian Heimbach , Helmut Karl , Jose A. Garrido , Alexander W. Holleitner

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

Position measurements at the quantum level are vital for many applications, but also challenging. Typically, methods based on optical phase shifts are used, but these methods are often weak and difficult to apply to many materials. An…

The unique optoelectronic properties of single layer graphene (SLG) are ideal for the development of photonic devices across a broad range of frequencies, from X-rays to microwaves. In the terahertz (THz) range (0.1-10 THz frequency) this…

The unique optoelectronic properties of graphene [1] make it an ideal platform for a variety of photonic applications [2], including fast photodetectors [3], transparent electrodes [4], optical modulators [5], and ultra-fast lasers [6].…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-02 L. Vicarelli , M. S. Vitiello , D. Coquillat , A. Lombardo , A. C. Ferrari , W. Knap , M. Polini , V. Pellegrini , A. Tredicucci

Recent intense electrical and optical studies of graphene have pushed the material to the forefront of optoelectronic research. Of particular interest is the few terahertz (THz) frequency regime where efficient light sources and highly…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-28 Jiayue Tong , Martin Muthee , Shao-Yu Chen , Sigfrid K. Yngvesson , Jun Yan

We theoretically and numerically demonstrate an actively tunable slow light in a hybrid metal-graphene metamaterial in the terahertz (THz) regime. In the unit cell, the near field coupling between the metallic elements including the bright…

We demonstrate efficient terahertz (THz) modulation by coupling graphene strongly with a broadband THz metasurface device. This THz metasurface, made of periodic gold slit arrays, shows near unity broadband transmission, which arises from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 S. -F. Shi , B. Zeng , H. -L. Han , X. Hong , H. -Z. Tsai , H. S. Jung , A. Zettl , M. F. Crommie , F. Wang

Optoelectronic devices based on graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the focus of wide research interest. The characterization these emerging atomically thin materials and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-09 Adolfo De Sanctis , Gareth F. Jones , Nicola J. Townsend , Monica F. Craciun , Saverio Russo

Transistor structures comprising graphene and sub-wavelength metal gratings hold a great promise for plasmon-enhanced terahertz detection. Despite considerable theoretical effort, little experimental evidence for terahertz plasmons in such…

Graphene is a two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, whose outstanding properties makes it an excellent material for future electronic and photonic terahertz (THz) devices. In this work, we design hybrid…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-29 Tianjing Guo , Christos Argyropoulos

Effective control of terahertz radiation requires the development of efficient and fast modulators with a large modulation depth. This challenge is often tackled by using metamaterials, artificial sub-wavelength optical structures…

We report on noise and thermal conductance measurements taken in order to determine an upper bound on the performance of graphene as a terahertz photon detector. The main mechanism for sensitive terahertz detection in graphene is bolometric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-07 Christopher B. McKitterick , Heli Vora , Xu Du , Boris S. Karasik , Daniel E. Prober

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

The electron gas hosted in a two-dimensional solid-state matrix, such as a quantum well or a two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructure, supports the propagation of plasma waves. Nonlinear interactions between plasma waves, due to charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Andrea Tomadin , Matteo Carrega , Marco Polini