• 文献标题:   High-Performance All-Optical Terahertz Modulator Based on Graphene/TiO2/Si Trilayer Heterojunctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEI MQ, ZHANG DN, LI YP, ZHANG L, JIN LC, WEN TL, BAI FM, ZHANG HW
  • 作者关键词:   thz modulator, tio2 interlayer, singlelayer graphene, builtin electric field, broadband modulation
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Elect Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1186/s11671-019-2996-9
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, we demonstrate a trilayer hybrid terahertz (THz) modulator made by combining a p-type silicon (p-Si) substrate, TiO2 interlayer, and single-layer graphene. The interface between Si and TiO2 introduced a built-in electric field, which drove the photoelectrons from Si to TiO2, and then the electrons injected into the graphene layer, causing the Fermi level of graphene to shift into a higher conduction band. The conductivity of graphene would increase, resulting in the decrease of transmitted terahertz wave. And the terahertz transmission modulation was realized. We observed a broadband modulation of the terahertz transmission in the frequency range from 0.3 to 1.7THz and a large modulation depth of 88% with proper optical excitation. The results show that the graphene/TiO2/p-Si hybrid nanostructures exhibit great potential for terahertz broadband applications, such as terahertz imaging and communication.