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Contactless graphene conductivity mapping on a wide range of substrates with terahertz time-domain reflection spectroscopy.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Lin, Hungyen 
Braeuninger-Weimer, Philipp  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-1647
Kamboj, Varun S 
Jessop, David S 
Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2655-1997

Abstract

We demonstrate how terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) operating in reflection geometry can be used for quantitative conductivity mapping of large area chemical vapour deposited graphene films on sapphire, silicon dioxide/silicon and germanium. We validate the technique against measurements performed with previously established conventional transmission based THz-TDS and are able to resolve conductivity changes in response to induced back-gate voltages. Compared to the transmission geometry, measurement in reflection mode requires careful alignment and complex analysis, but circumvents the need of a terahertz transparent substrate, potentially enabling fast, contactless, in-line characterisation of graphene films on non-insulating substrates such as germanium.

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0912 Materials Engineering

Journal Title

Scientific Reports

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Journal ISSN

2045-2322
2045-2322

Volume Title

7

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/J017671/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P021859/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L019922/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K016636/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G037221/1)
H.L. and J.A.Z. acknowledge financial support from the EPSRC (Grant No. EP/L019922/1). P.B.W. acknowledges EPSRC Cambridge NanoDTC EP/G037221/1. R.D., H.E.B. and D. R. acknowledge financial support from the EPSRC (Grant No. EP/J017671/1, Coherent Terahertz Systems). S.H. acknowledges funding from the EPSRC (Grant No. EP/K016636/1, GRAPHTED).