• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 41, Issue 3, 551 (2022)
Jiang-Wei YAN1, Xiao-Dong ZHANG1, Wei ZHOU2, Wan-Li MA2, Tao HU2, Niang-Juan YAO2, Lin JIANG2, and Zhi-Ming HUANG2、3、4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Applied Physics,Donghua University,Shanghai 201620,China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics,Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200083,China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology,Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200083,China
  • 4Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Hangzhou 310024,China
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.03.005 Cite this Article
    Jiang-Wei YAN, Xiao-Dong ZHANG, Wei ZHOU, Wan-Li MA, Tao HU, Niang-Juan YAO, Lin JIANG, Zhi-Ming HUANG. Room-temperature THz detection via EIW effect based on graphite nanosheet[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(3): 551 Copy Citation Text show less
    The schematic diagram of the metal-GN-metal structure
    Fig. 1. The schematic diagram of the metal-GN-metal structure
    AFM images of two opposite interfaces between graphite nanosheet and Si substrate,the two-step heights between graphene nanosheets and high resistance Si are calculated by the difference of the maximum peak height and minimum peak height,the two-step heights are 148 nm(left picture)and 144 nm(right picture)respectively
    Fig. 2. AFM images of two opposite interfaces between graphite nanosheet and Si substrate,the two-step heights between graphene nanosheets and high resistance Si are calculated by the difference of the maximum peak height and minimum peak height,the two-step heights are 148 nm(left picture)and 144 nm(right picture)respectively
    The schematic diagram of Terahertz test system
    Fig. 3. The schematic diagram of Terahertz test system
    (a)The I-V curve of the detector,(b-c)the responsivity of the detector at the source frequency of 0.02-0.04 THz and 0.165-0.173 THz with the bias voltage of 0.1V,respectively,(d)the noise spectrum at the frequency from 250 Hz to 100 kHz with the bias voltage from 0.1 V to 0.01 V
    Fig. 4. (a)The I-V curve of the detector,(b-c)the responsivity of the detector at the source frequency of 0.02-0.04 THz and 0.165-0.173 THz with the bias voltage of 0.1V,respectively,(d)the noise spectrum at the frequency from 250 Hz to 100 kHz with the bias voltage from 0.1 V to 0.01 V
    (a)The waveform of the detector and time constant derivation from the waveform at 0.035 THz with the modulation frequency of 1 kHz,(b)the frequency dependent responses of the detector with different bias voltage(0.01 V,0.02 V,0.05 V and 0.1 V)at the source frequency of 0.035 THz,(c-d)the responsivity of the detector under different bias voltages at the source frequency of 0.035 THz and 0.1673 THz with the modulation frequency of 1 kHz,respectively
    Fig. 5. (a)The waveform of the detector and time constant derivation from the waveform at 0.035 THz with the modulation frequency of 1 kHz,(b)the frequency dependent responses of the detector with different bias voltage(0.01 V,0.02 V,0.05 V and 0.1 V)at the source frequency of 0.035 THz,(c-d)the responsivity of the detector under different bias voltages at the source frequency of 0.035 THz and 0.1673 THz with the modulation frequency of 1 kHz,respectively
    Detection Mechanism

    Responsivity

    V/W

    NEP

    ( pW/Hz)

    Frequency

    (THz)

    Effective areaReference
    EIW110002.270.17Real areaThis work
    Photoconduction assisted by hot-carriers4005000.15Real area21
    PTE1011002.5Real area19
    PTE105801.8-4.25Diffraction limited area28
    PTE-10002.8Diffraction limited area34
    GFET1.220000.29-0.38Diffraction limited area27
    GFET2.5A/W-3Real area20
    GFET145150.6-35
    GFET301203.4Diffraction limited area36
    Nanoporous Graphene-4241.4-37
    Table 1. Comparison of responsivity and NEP of room temperature graphene or graphite nanosheet detectors designed with different mechanisms
    Jiang-Wei YAN, Xiao-Dong ZHANG, Wei ZHOU, Wan-Li MA, Tao HU, Niang-Juan YAO, Lin JIANG, Zhi-Ming HUANG. Room-temperature THz detection via EIW effect based on graphite nanosheet[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(3): 551
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