Antenna-coupled field-effect transistors as detectors for terahertz near-field microscopy

Graphene field-effect transistors as room-temperature terahertz detectors.

The unique optoelectronic properties of graphene make it an ideal platform for a variety of photonic applications, including fast photodetectors, transparent electrodes in displays and photovoltaic modules, optical modulators, plasmonic devices, microcavities, and ultra-fast lasers. Owing to its high carrier mobility, gapless spectrum and frequency-independent absorption, graphene is a very pro...

Plasmonic Terahertz Wave Detectors Based on Silicon Field-Effect Transistors

Antenna effects in terahertz apertureless near-field optical microscopy

We have performed measurements on terahertz (THz) apertureless near-field microscopy that show that the temporal shape of the observed near-field signals is approximately proportional to the time-integral of the incident field. Associated with this signal change is a bandwidth reduction by approximately a factor of 3 which is observed using both a near-field detection technique and a far-field ...

Strained-Si modulation doped field effect transistors as detectors of terahertz and sub-terahertz radiation

Strained-Si modulation doped field effect transistors have been studied as detectors of 0.2 THz and 1.6 THz electromagnetic radiation at room temperature. The difference in the gate voltage dependences for 0.2 THz and 1.6 THz radiation and spatial pattern of the transistor response to focused 1.6 THz radiation confirms that the mechanism of detection is linked to the excitations of the two-dime...

Towards terahertz near-field microscopy.

We have detected sub-wavelength spot sizes in the near-field of a metal tip, which is illuminated with terahertz (THz) pulses. The THz near-field is detected by using electro-optic detection in a (100) oriented GaP crystal. Contrary to conventional electro-optic detection, which uses (110) oriented detection crystals, (100) crystals only allow the detection of THz light, polarized perpendicular...