115 research outputs found
Comparative analysis of resonant phonon THz quantum cascade lasers
We present a comparative analysis of a set of GaAs-based THz quantum cascade
lasers, based on longitudinal-optical phonon scattering depopulation, by using
an ensemble Monte Carlo simulation, including both carrier-carrier and
carrier-phonon scattering. The simulation shows that the parasitic injection
into the states below the upper laser level limits the injection efficiency and
thus the device performance at the lasing threshold. Additional detrimental
effects playing an important role are identified. The simulation results are in
reasonable agreement with the experimental findings.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Photocurrent-based detection of Terahertz radiation in graphene
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 dc photovoltage is generated in response to a THz field. This
scheme has already been experimentally studied in a graphene FET [L. Vicarelli
et al., Nature Mat. 11, 865 (2012)]. In the quest for devices with a better
signal-to-noise ratio, we theoretically investigate a plasma-wave photodetector
in which a dc photocurrent is generated in a graphene FET. The rectified
current features a peculiar change of sign when the frequency of the incoming
radiation matches an even multiple of the fundamental frequency of plasma waves
in the FET channel. The noise equivalent power per unit bandwidth of our device
is shown to be much smaller than that of a Dyakonov-Shur detector in a wide
spectral range.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Se-doping dependence of the transport properties in CBE-grown InAs nanowire field effect transistors
We investigated the transport properties of lateral gate field effect transistors (FET) that have been realized by employing, as active elements, (111) B-oriented InAs nanowires grown by chemical beam epitaxy with different Se-doping concentrations. On the basis of electrical measurements, it was found that the carrier mobility increases from 103 to 104 cm2/(V × sec) by varying the ditertiarybutyl selenide (DtBSe) precursor line pressure from 0 to 0.4 Torr, leading to an increase of the carrier density in the transistor channel of more than two orders of magnitude. By keeping the DtBSe line pressure at 0.1 Torr, the carrier density in the nanowire channel measures ≈ 5 × 1017 cm-3 ensuring the best peak transconductances (> 100 mS/m) together with very low resistivity values (70 Ω × μm) and capacitances in the attofarad range. These results are particularly relevant for further optimization of the nanowire-FET terahertz detectors recently demonstrated
High performance bilayer-graphene Terahertz detectors
We report bilayer-graphene field effect transistors operating as THz
broadband photodetectors based on plasma-waves excitation. By employing
wide-gate geometries or buried gate configurations, we achieve a responsivity
and a noise equivalent power in the 0.29-0.38 THz range, in photovoltage and photocurrent mode.
The potential of this technology for scalability to higher frequencies and the
development of flexible devices makes our approach competitive for a future
generation of THz detection systems.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Applied Physics Letter
Terahertz near-field nanoscopy based on detectorless laser feedback interferometry under different feedback regimes
Near-field imaging techniques, at terahertz frequencies (1–10 THz), conventionally rely on bulky laser sources and detectors. Here, we employ a semiconductor heterostructure laser as a THz source and, simultaneously, as a phase-sensitive detector, exploiting optical feedback interferometry combined with scattering near-field nanoscopy. We analyze the amplitude and phase sensitivity of the proposed technique as a function of the laser driving current and of the feedback attenuation, discussing the operational conditions ideal to optimize the nano-imaging contrast and the phase sensitivity. As a targeted nanomaterial, we exploit a thin (39 nm) flake of Bi2Te2.2Se0.8, a topological insulator having infrared active optical phonon modes. The self-mixing interference fringes are analyzed within the Lang–Kobayashi formalism to rationalize the observed variations as a function of Acket's parameter C in the full range of weak feedback (C < 1)
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