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Graphene based terahertz light modulator in total internal reflection geometry
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Liu, Xudong, Chen, Zefeng, Parrott, Edward P. J., Ung, Benjamin S.-Y., Xu, Jianbin and Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma (2017) Graphene based terahertz light modulator in total internal reflection geometry. Advanced Optical Materials, 5 (3). 1600697. doi:10.1002/adom.201600697
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adom.201600697
Abstract
Modulation of visible light has been easily achieved for decades, but modulation of terahertz (THz) light still remains a challenge. To address this issue, the Fresnel equations have been developed to describe a conductive interface in a total internal reflection geometry and reveal a new approach for modulation. To demonstrate this new mechanism, a broadband device achieving a modulation depth greater than 90% between 0.15 and 0.4 THz, and reaching a maximum of 99.3% at 0.24 THz has been designed. The modulation is achieved by applying a gate voltage between −0.1 and 2 V to a graphene layer in a total internal reflection geometry. Compared to conventional designs, the high modulation is realized without assistance from metamaterial structures, resonant cavities, or multistacked graphene layers. Thus, the design is efficient and easy‐to‐fabricate and can be easily retrofitted to most existing THz systems. This work opens up a new avenue of research as the device has verified the theory and demonstrates how it can be used to make practical devices, bringing a promising new paradigm for THz modulation, thin‐film sensing, and noninvasive material characterization.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Advanced Optical Materials | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2195-1071 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2 February 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 5 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 1600697 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/adom.201600697 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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