• 文献标题:   Low Voltage Graphene-Based Amplitude Modulator for High Efficiency Terahertz Modulation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHENG QY, XIA LP, TANG LL, DU CL, CUI HL
  • 作者关键词:   terahertz, amplitude modulation, transmittance, singlelayer graphene, metamaterial, solid electrolyte, fieldeffect transistor
  • 出版物名称:   NANOMATERIALS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.3390/nano10030585
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, a high-efficiency terahertz amplitude modulation device based on a field-effect transistor has been proposed. The polarization insensitive modulator is designed to achieve a maximum experimental modulation depth of about 53% within 5 V of gate voltages using monolayer graphene. Moreover, the manufacturing processes are inexpensive. Two methods are adopted to improve modulation performance. For one thing, the metal metamaterial designed can effectively enhance the electromagnetic field near single-layer graphene and therefore greatly promote the graphene's modulation ability in terahertz. For another, polyethylene oxide-based electrolytes (PEO:LiClO4) acts as a high-capacity donor, which makes it possible to dope single-layer graphene at a relatively low voltage.