• 文献标题:   Spectrally Wide-Band Terahertz Wave Modulator Based on Optically Tuned Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEIS P, GARCIAPOMAR JL, HOH M, REINHARD B, BRODYANSKI A, RAHM M
  • 作者关键词:   tunable metamaterial, graphene, terahertz wave, wideband terahertz wave modulation, broadband modulation, photodoping of graphene, enhanced modulation depth
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Kaiserslautern
  • 被引频次:   117
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn303392s
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

New applications in the realms of terahertz (THz) technology require versatile adaptive optics and powerful modulation techniques. Semiconductors have proven to provide fast all-optical terahertz wave modulation over a wide frequency band. We show that the attenuation and modulation depth in optically driven silicon modulators can be significantly enhanced by deposition of graphene on silicon (GOS). We observed a wide-band tunability of the THz transmission in a frequency range from 0.2 to 2 THz and a maximum modulation depth of 99%. The maximum difference between the transmission through silicon and GOS is Delta t = 0.18 at a low phor doping power of 40 mW. At higher modulation power, the enhancement decreased due to charge carrier saturation. We developed a semianalytical band structure model of the graphene silicon interface to describe the observed attenuation and modulation depth in GOS.