Chip-Scalable, Room-Temperature, Zero-Bias, Graphene-Based Terahertz Detectors with Nanosecond Response Time.

Authors
Asgari, Mahdi 
Riccardi, Elisa 
De Fazio, Domenico 
Shinde, Sachin M 

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Abstract

The scalable synthesis and transfer of large-area graphene underpins the development of nanoscale photonic devices ideal for new applications in a variety of fields, ranging from biotechnology, to wearable sensors for healthcare and motion detection, to quantum transport, communications, and metrology. We report room-temperature zero-bias thermoelectric photodetectors, based on single- and polycrystal graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), tunable over the whole terahertz range (0.1-10 THz) by selecting the resonance of an on-chip patterned nanoantenna. Efficient light detection with noise equivalent powers <1 nWHz-1/2 and response time ∼5 ns at room temperature are demonstrated. This combination of specifications is orders of magnitude better than any previous CVD graphene photoreceiver operating in the sub-THz and THz range. These state-of-the-art performances and the possibility of upscaling to multipixel architectures on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor platforms are the starting points for the realization of cost-effective THz cameras in a frequency range still not covered by commercially available microbolometer arrays.

Publication Date
2021-10-27
Online Publication Date
2021-10-27
Acceptance Date
2021-10-01
Keywords
chemical vapor deposition, graphene, nanophotonics, photodetectors, terahertz
Journal Title
ACS Nano
Journal ISSN
1936-0851
1936-086X
Volume Title
15
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K01711X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K017144/1)
European Commission (604391)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L016087/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (696656)
EPSRC (via University of Manchester) (R119256)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (785219)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (1799076)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (881603)
European Research Council (319277)
European Research Council (842251)