• 文献标题:   Ultrasensitive Photoresponse of Graphene Quantum Dots in the Coulomb Blockade Regime to THz Radiation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RICCARDI E, MASSABEAU S, VALMORRA F, MESSELOT S, ROSTICHER M, TIGNON J, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, DELBECQ M, DHILLON S, FERREIRA R, BALIBAR S, KONTOS T, MANGENEY J
  • 作者关键词:   thz, graphene, quantum dot, coulomb blockade, photogating
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Paris
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01800
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have recently attracted considerable attention, with appealing properties for terahertz (THz) technology. This includes the demonstration of large thermal bolometric effects in GQDs when illuminated by THz radiation. However, the interaction of THz photons with GQDs in the Coulomb blockade regime, i.e., single electron transport regime, remains unexplored. Here, we demonstrate the ultrasensitive photoresponse to THz radiation (from <0.1 to 10 THz) of a hBN-encapsulated GQD in the Coulomb blockade regime at low temperature (170 mK). We show that THz radiation of similar to 10 pW provides a photocurrent response in the nanoampere range, resulting from a renormalization of the chemical potential of the GQD of similar to 0.15 meV. We attribute this photoresponse to an interfacial photogating effect. Furthermore, our analysis reveals the absence of thermal effects, opening new directions in the study of coherent quantum effects at THz frequencies in GQDs.