• 文献标题:   Extraordinary Control of Terahertz Beam Reflectance in Graphene Electro-absorption Modulators
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SENSALERODRIGUEZ B, YAN RS, RAFIQUE S, ZHU MD, LI W, LIANG XL, GUNDLACH D, PROTASENKO V, KELLY MM, JENA D, LIU L, XING HG
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, terahertz, electroabsorption, modulator, filter, active tuning
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Notre Dame
  • 被引频次:   146
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl3016329
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We demonstrate a graphene-based electro-absorption modulator achieving extraordinary control of terahertz reflectance. By concentrating the electric field intensity in an active layer of graphene, an extraordinary modulation depth of 64% is achieved while simultaneously exhibiting low insertion loss (similar to 2 dB), which is remarkable since the active region of the device is atomically thin. This modulator performance, among the best reported to date, indicates the enormous potential of graphene for terahertz reconfigurable optoelectronic devices.