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Enhancing the interaction strength between graphene and light is an important objective for those seeking to make graphene a relevant material for future optoelectronic applications. Plasmonic modes in graphene offer an additional pathway…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 Min Seok Jang , Victor W. Brar , Michelle C. Sherrott , Josue J. Lopez , Laura K. Kim , Seyoon Kim , Mansoo Choi , Harry A. Atwater

Graphene can support surface plasmons with higher confinement, lower propagation loss, and substantially more tunable response compared to usual metal-based plasmonic structures. Interestingly, plasmons in graphene can strongly couple with…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-03 Tianjing Guo , Christos Argyropoulos

We report on a room-temperature photodetector utilizing semimetal bismuth nanowire arrays coupled with graphene. The structural flatness and high electron mobility of graphene exhibit great potential for future generations of electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-19 Tito E. Huber , Tina Brower , Scott. D. Johnson , John H. Belk , Jeff H. Hunt

This study presents a comprehensive simulation-based optimization of gallium nitride (GaN)-based metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetectors designed for ultraviolet (UV) applications. The proposed device architecture incorporates a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-12 M. Kilin , O. Tanriverdi , B. Karahan , F. Yasar

We report on room temperature THz detection by means of antenna-coupled field effect transistors fabricated by using epitaxial graphene grown on silicon carbide substrate. Two independent detection mechanisms are found: plasma wave…

The ability to manipulate optical fields and the energy flow of light is central to modern information and communication technologies, as well as quantum information processing schemes. However, as photons do not possess charge, controlling…

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

The enhanced nonlinear optical response of a one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal (PC) made from polymers and graphene composites is observed. The graphene PC was fabricated by spin-coating. It shows obvious bandgaps at two wavelengths in…

Thin-film lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) is a promising platform for optical communications, microwave photonics, and quantum technologies. While many high-performance devices like electro-optic modulators and frequency comb sources…

Cost-efficient and easily integrable broadband mid-infrared (mid-IR) sources would significantly enhance the application space of photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Thermal incandescent sources are superior to other common mid-IR emitters…

This letter introduces a novel class of miniaturized, uncooled, and ultra-fast infrared (IR) resonant thermal detectors (RTDs) based on 30%-doped Aluminum Scandium Nitride (AlScN) nanoplates. Exploiting high electromechanical coupling, good…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-27 Aurelio Venditti , Walter Gubinelli , Enise F. Altin , Luca Colombo , Pietro Simeoni , Benyamin Davaji , Matteo Rinaldi

This work presents a novel Gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) based ultraviolet photodetector architecture integrating advanced material and structural design strategies to enhance detection performance and…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-12 Mustafa Kilin , Firat Yasar

A simple optical method is presented for identifying and measuring the effective optical properties of nanometer-thick, graphene-based materials, based on the use of substrates consisting of a thin dielectric layer on silicon. High contrast…

Nanoscale photothermal sources find important applications in theranostics, imaging, and catalysis. In this context, graphene offers a unique suite of optical, electrical, and thermal properties, which we exploit to show self-consistent…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-08 Renwen Yu , Qiushi Guo , Fengnian Xia , F. Javier García de Abajo

All-optical switches have attracted attention because they can potentially overcome the speed limitation of electric switches. However, ultrafast, energy-efficient all-optical switches have been challenging to realize due to the…

Sufficiently large depletion region for photocarrier generation and separation is a key factor for two-dimensional material optoelectronic devices, but few device configurations has been explored for a deterministic control of a space…

We report mid-infrared photocurrent spectra of graphene nanoribbon arrays on SiO2 dielectrics showing dual signatures of the substrate interaction. First, hybrid polaritonic modes of graphene plasmons and dielectric surface polar phonons…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-09-18 Marcus Freitag , Tony Low , Luis Martin-Moreno , Wenjuan Zhu , Francisco Guinea , Phaedon Avouris

Recent progress in the synthesis of highly stable, eco-friendly, cost-effective transition metal-dichalcogenides (TMDC) quantum dots (QDs) with their broadband absorption spectrum and wavelength selectivity features have led to their…

Graphene is a promising candidate for the development of detectors of Terahertz (THz) radiation. A well-known detection scheme due to Dyakonov and Shur exploits the confinement of plasma waves in a field-effect transistor (FET), whereby a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-06 Andrea Tomadin , Alessandro Tredicucci , Vittorio Pellegrini , Miriam S. Vitiello , Marco Polini

Inelastic electron tunneling provides a low-energy pathway for the excitation of surface plasmons and light emission. We theoretically investigate tunnel junctions based on metals and graphene. We show that graphene is potentially a highly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-28 Kelvin J. A. Ooi , Hong Son Chu , Chang Yu Hsieh , Dawn T. H. Tan , Lay Kee Ang