• 文献标题:   Tunable terahertz radiation from arbitrary profile dielectric grating coated with graphene excited by an electron beam
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO T, ZHONG RB, HU M, CHEN XX, ZHANG P, GONG S, LIU SG
  • 作者关键词:   terahertz radiation, graphene surface plasmon polariton, arbitrary profile grating, electron beam
  • 出版物名称:   CHINESE PHYSICS B
  • ISSN:   1674-1056 EI 1741-4199
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Elect Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/1674-1056/24/9/094102
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, the enhanced terahertz radiation transformed from surface plasmon polaritons, excited by a uniformly moving electron bunch, in a structure consisting of a monolayer graphene supported on a dielectric grating with arbitrary profile is investigated. The results show that the grating profile has significant influence on the dispersion curves and radiation characteristics including radiation frequency and intensity. The dependence of dispersion and radiation characteristics on the grating shape for both the symmetric and asymmetric gratings is studied in detail. Moreover, we find that, for an asymmetric grating with certain profile, there exist two different diffraction types, and one of the two types can provide higher radiation intensity comparing to the other one. These results will definitely facilitate the practical application in developing a room-temperature, tunable, coherent and miniature terahertz radiation source.