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It was demonstrated that optical modulation together with simultaneous terahertz (THz) imaging application enables an increase in contrast by an order of magnitude illustrating hence the technique as convenient contactless tool for…

We propose using THz frequency selective surfaces interrogated with THz subwavelength optical fibers as sensors for monitoring of the optical properties of thick films that are brought in contact with such surfaces. Changes in the test film…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-26 Martin Girard , Maksim Skorobogatiy

Electrically tuneable high mobility charges on graphene yield an efficient electro-optical platform to control and manipulate terahertz (THz) waves. Real-world applications require a multiplex THz device with efficient modulation over a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Yury Malevich , M. Said Ergoktas , Gokhan Bakan , Pietro Steiner , Coskun Kocabas

We review the use of graphene to develop reconfigurable, miniaturized, and efficient terahertz (THz) antennas and associated feeding networks, and attempt to identify current research trends and mid- and long-term challenges and prospects.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 D. Correas-Serrano , J. S. Gomez-Diaz

We present an ultrafast graphene-based detector, working in the THz range at room temperature. A logarithmic-periodic antenna is coupled to a graphene flake that is produced by exfoliation on SiO2. The detector was characterized with the…

Perfect absorption of radiation in a graphene sheet may play a pivotal role in the realization of technologically relevant optoelectronic devices. In particular, perfect absorption of radiation in the terahertz (THz) spectral range would…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-25 Fangli Liu , Y. D. Chong , Shaffique Adam , Marco Polini

Near-field imaging with terahertz (THz) waves is emerging as a powerful technique for fundamental research in photonics and across physical and life sciences. Spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit can be achieved by collecting THz…

Terahertz spectrometers with a wide instantaneous frequency coverage for passive remote sensing are enormously attractive for many terahertz applications, such as astronomy, atmospheric science and security. Here we demonstrate a wide-band…

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

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…

Graphene has unique properties paving the way for groundbreaking future applications. Its large optical nonlinearity and ease of integration in devices notably makes it an ideal candidate to become a key component for all-optical switching…

The efficient amplification and lasing of electromagnetic radiation at terahertz (THz) frequencies is a non-trivial task achieved mainly by quantum cascade laser configurations with limited tunability and narrowband functionality. There is…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-30 Tianjing Guo , Liang Zhu , Pai-Yen Chen , Christos Argyropoulos

In this work, we investigated a simple structured graphene terahertz (THz) metasurface (MSF) with perfect absorption, wideband, polarization insensitive, oblique incidence insensitive and frequency reconfiguration. The graphene MSF…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-21 Sasmita Dash , Christos Liaskos , Ian F. Akyildiz , Andreas Pitsillides

Graphene's exceptional nonlinear optical properties combined with resonant photonic structures offer a promising pathway for efficient nonlinear applications at terahertz (THz) frequencies. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a…

Deployment of terahertz communication and spectroscopy systems relies on the availability of low-noise and fast detectors, with plug-and-play capabilities. However, most currently available technologies are stand-alone, discrete components,…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-29 A. Tomasino , A Shams-Ansari , M. Lončar , I. -C. Benea-Chelmus

Terahertz (THz) near-field imaging is a flourishing discipline [1], with applications from fundamental studies of beam propagation [2,3] to the characterisation of metameterials [4,5] and waveguides [6,7]. Beating the diffraction limit…

Nonlinear frequency conversion provides an elegant method to detect photons in a spectral range which differs from the pump wavelength, making it highly attractive for photons with inherently low energy. Aside from the intensity of the…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-10 Tobias Pfeiffer , Jens Klier , Georg von Freymann , Daniel Molter

A full (2$\pi$) phase modulation is critical for efficient wavefront manipulation. In this article, a metasurface based on graphene long/short-strip resonators is used to implement a dynamic 2$\pi$ phase modulation by applying different…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-22 Liming Liu , Yair Zarate , Haroldo T. Hattori

We investigate the design and performance of a new multilayer graphene metasurface for achieving ultrabroadband coherent perfect absorption (CPA) in the THz regime. The proposed structure comprises of three graphene patterned metasurfaces…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-30 Wei Zou , 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…