• 文献标题:   Efficient electrical detection of mid-infrared graphene plasmons at room temperature
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUO QS, YU RW, LI C, YUAN SF, DENG BC, DE ABAJO FJG, XIA FN
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1476-1122 EI 1476-4660
  • 通讯作者地址:   Yale Univ
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41563-018-0157-7
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Optical excitation and subsequent decay of graphene plasmons can produce a significant increase in charge-carrier temperature. An efficient method to convert this temperature elevation into electrical signals can enable important mid-infrared applications. However, the modest thermoelectric coefficient and weak temperature dependence of carrier transport in graphene hinder this goal. Here, we demonstrate mid-infrared graphene detectors consisting of arrays of plasmonic resonators interconnected by quasi-one-dimensional nanoribbons. Localized barriers associated with disorder in the nanoribbons produce a dramatic temperature dependence of carrier transport, thus enabling the electrical detection of plasmon decay in the nearby graphene resonators. Our device has a subwavelength footprint of 5 x 5 mu m(2) and operates at 12.2 mu m with an external responsivity of 16 mA W-1 and a low noise-equivalent power of 1.3 nW Hz(-1/2) at room temperature. It is fabricated using large-scale graphene and possesses a simple two-terminal geometry, representing an essential step towards the realization of an on-chip graphene mid-infrared detector array.