Graphene ballistic rectifiers for THz detection and imaging

G. Auton , D. But , J. Zhang , E. Hill , Dominique Coquillat (1) , Christophe Consejo (1) , P. Nouvel (2, 3) , Wojciech Knap (1) , Luca Varani (2, 3) , Frederic Teppe (1) , Jeremie Torres (2, 3) , A. Song

1 L2C - Laboratoire Charles Coulomb
2 IES - Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes
3 TéHO - Térahertz, hyperfréquence et optique

A graphene ballistic rectifier is used in conjunction with an antenna to demonstrate a terahertz (THz) detector and imager. The device is used to take an image of an optically opaque object at 0.68 THz demonstrating potential in both medical and security imaging applications.

Domaines: Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]

G. Auton, D. But, J. Zhang, E. Hill, Dominique Coquillat, et al.. Graphene ballistic rectifiers for THz detection and imaging. 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Sep 2018, Nagoya, Japan. ⟨hal-01923604⟩