• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 40, Issue 17, 1704002 (2020)
Ruiwen Xiao1, Junyu Xiao1, Ping Jin1, Rongxuan Zhang1, and Lei Wang1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China;
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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    Ruiwen Xiao, Junyu Xiao, Ping Jin, Rongxuan Zhang, Lei Wang. High-Efficiency Visual Terahertz Detector Based on Three-Dimensional Porous Graphene and Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microcapsule[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(17): 1704002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    This study design a novel power detector based on three-dimensional porous graphene (3DPG) and cholesteric liquid crystal microcapsule (CLCM) to measure high-intensity THz waves. The 3DPG is characterized by its high absorptivity, which is more than 97% at the frequency of 0.5-1.5 THz. The thermochromic properties of temperature-supersensitive CLCM are used for visual quantitative study of the THz power under steady state condition. The THz power intensity is as high as 2.77×10 2 mW/cm 2, where the minimal detectable THz power is only 0.009 mW. Further analysis reveals that there is a linear relationship between the THz power and the Hue value of the CLCM after the 3DPG is sputtered with a small amount of gold nanoparticles. The visual detector is simple, portable, inexpensive, efficient, and practically applicable. Further, it can be used in THz system alignment and beam analysis as well as THz imaging and sensing.
    Ruiwen Xiao, Junyu Xiao, Ping Jin, Rongxuan Zhang, Lei Wang. High-Efficiency Visual Terahertz Detector Based on Three-Dimensional Porous Graphene and Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microcapsule[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(17): 1704002
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