• 文献标题:   Terahertz-induced photothermoelectric response in graphene-metal contact structures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DENG XQ, WANG YX, ZHAO ZR, CHEN ZQ, SUN JL
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, photothermoelectric effect, thz photodetector, heterojunction
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS DAPPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-3727 EI 1361-6463
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1088/0022-3727/49/42/425101
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We report on the photoresponse of a graphene-metal contact device under terahertz (THz) illumination. The device has an extremely simple structure consisting of a large-area monolayer graphene stripe contacted with two gold electrodes. A significant position-dependent photovoltage is observed across the device by THz excitation, exhibiting a linear relationship with the incident beam power. Experimental results show that the graphene channel length and the substrate thermal conductivity have obvious influence on the photovoltage amplitude and response time, which is consistent with the photothermoelectric mechanism. This compact and powerless device is expected to have a promising application in THz detection. Our work provides theoretical and experimental evidence for the development of high-performance graphene-based THz photodetectors.