Room temperature detection of sub-terahertz radiation in double-grating-gate transistors

doi:10.1364/OE.18.006024

Room temperature detection of sub-terahertz radiation in double-grating-gate transistors

D. Coquillat, S. Nadar, F. Teppe, N. Dyakonova, S. Boubanga-Tombet, W. Knap, T. Nishimura, T. Otsuji, Y. M. Meziani, G. M. Tsymbalov, and V. V. Popov »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 6, pp. 6024-6032 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.006024

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Room temperature photovoltaic non-resonant detection by large area double-grating-gate InGaP/InGaAs/GaAs heterostructures was investigated in sub-THz range (0.24 THz). Semi-quantitative estimation of the characteristic detection length combined with self-consistent calculations of the electric fields excited in the structure by incoming terahertz radiation allowed us to interpret quantitatively the results and conclude that this detection takes place mainly in the regions of strong oscillating electric field excited in depleted portions of the channel.

OCIS Codes
(040.0040) Detectors : Detectors
(040.1880) Detectors : Detection
(050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
(040.2235) Detectors : Far infrared or terahertz
(250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics

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History
Original Manuscript: November 13, 2009
Revised Manuscript: December 18, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: December 18, 2009
Published: March 11, 2010

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D. Coquillat, S. Nadar, F. Teppe, N. Dyakonova, S. Boubanga-Tombet, W. Knap, T. Nishimura, T. Otsuji, Y. M. Meziani, G. M. Tsymbalov, and V. V. Popov, "Room temperature detection of sub-terahertz radiation in double-grating-gate transistors," Opt. Express 18, 6024-6032 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-6-6024

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Allen, S. J.
Asif Khan, M.
Batke, E.
Boeuf, F.
Bollaert, S.
Boubanga, S.
Brunel, L. C.
Burke, P. J.
Cappy, A.
Coquillat, D.
Deng, Y.
Dyakonov, M.
Dyakonova, N.
Eisenstein, J. P.
El Fatimy, A.
Fateev, D. V.
Fenouillet-Beranger, C.
Gallon, C.
Gaska, R.
Grine, A. D.
Hanabe, M.
Harff, N. E.
Heitmann, D.
Horing, N. J. M.
Hu, X.
Ishibashi, T.
Kachorovskii, V.
Knap, W.
Lee, M.
Lilly, M. P.
Logan, R. A.
Lü, J.-Q.
Lusakowski, J.
Maude, D.
Maude, D. K.
Meziani, Y.
Meziani, Y. M.
Nishimura, T.
Otsuji, T.
Peralta, X. G.
Polischuk, O. V.
Popov, V. V.
Reno, J. L.
Roelens, Y.
Rumyantsev, S.
Sano, E.
Saylor, C. A.
Seliuta, D.
Shaner, E. A.
Shchepetov, A.
Shur, M.
Shur, M. S.
Simin, G.
Simmons, J. A.
Skotnicki, T.
Tauk, R.
Teperik, T. V.
Teppe, F.
Theis, T. N.
Tsui, D. S.
Tsymbalov, G. M.
Tu, C. W.
Uno, T.
Valušis, G.
Wanke, M. C.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

W. Knap, F. Teppe, Y. Meziani, N. Dyakonova, J. Lusakowski, F. Boeuf, T. Skotnicki, D. Maude, S. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, “Plasma wave detection of sub-terahertz and terahertz radiation by silicon field-effect transistors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85(4), 675–677 (2004). [CrossRef]
R. Tauk, F. Teppe, S. Boubanga, D. Coquillat, W. Knap, Y. M. Meziani, C. Gallon, F. Boeuf, T. Skotnicki, C. Fenouillet-Beranger, D. K. Maude, S. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, “Plasma wave detection of terahertz radiation by silicon field effect transistors: responsivity and noise equivalent power,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(25), 253511 (2006). [CrossRef]
W. Knap, Y. Deng, S. Rumyantsev, J.-Q. Lü, M. S. Shur, C. A. Saylor, and L. C. Brunel, “Resonant detection of subterahertz radiation by plasma waves in a submicron field-effect transistor,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 80(18), 3433–3435 (2002). [CrossRef]
W. Knap, Y. Deng, S. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, “Resonant detection of subterahertz and terahertz radiation by plasma waves in submicron field-effect transistors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81(24), 4637–4639 (2002). [CrossRef]
A. El Fatimy, F. Teppe, N. Dyakonova, W. Knap, D. Seliuta, G. Valušis, A. Shchepetov, Y. Roelens, S. Bollaert, A. Cappy, and S. Rumyantsev, “Resonant and voltage-tunable terahertz detection in InGaAs/InP nanometer transistors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(13), 131926 (2006). [CrossRef]
X. G. Peralta, S. J. Allen, M. C. Wanke, N. E. Harff, J. A. Simmons, M. P. Lilly, J. L. Reno, P. J. Burke, and J. P. Eisenstein, “Terahertz photoconductivity and plasmon modes in double-quantum-well field-effect transistors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 81(9), 1627–1629 (2002). [CrossRef]
E. A. Shaner, M. Lee, M. C. Wanke, A. D. Grine, J. L. Reno, and S. J. Allen, “Single-quantum-well grating-gated terahertz plasmon detectors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 87(19), 193507 (2005). [CrossRef]
T. Otsuji, Y. M. Meziani, M. Hanabe, T. Ishibashi, T. Uno, and E. Sano, “Grating-bicoupled plasmon-resonant terahertz emitter fabricated with GaAs-based heterostructure material systems,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(26), 263502 (2006). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev.

M. Dyakonov and M. Shur, “Plasma wave electronics: novel terahertz devices using two dimensional electron fluid,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 43(10), 1640–1645 (1996). [CrossRef]

Int. J. High Speed Electron. Syst.

V. V. Popov, M. S. Shur, G. M. Tsymbalov, and D. V. Fateev, “Higher-order plasmon resonances in GaN field-effect transistor arrays,” Int. J. High Speed Electron. Syst. 17(03), 557–566 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

V. V. Popov, O. V. Polischuk, T. V. Teperik, X. G. Peralta, S. J. Allen, N. J. M. Horing, and M. C. Wanke, “Absorption of terahertz radiation by plasmon modes in a grid-gated double-quantum-well field-effect transistor,” J. Appl. Phys. 94(5), 3556–3562 (2003). [CrossRef]
W. Knap, V. Kachorovskii, Y. Deng, S. Rumyantsev, J.-Q. Lü, R. Gaska, M. S. Shur, G. Simin, X. Hu, M. Asif Khan, C. A. Saylor, and L. C. Brunel, “Nonresonant detection of terahertz radiation in field effect transistors,” J. Appl. Phys. 91(11), 9346–9353 (2002). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. Condens. Matter

V. V. Popov, G. M. Tsymbalov, and M. S. Shur, “Plasma wave instability and amplification of terahertz radiation in field-effect-transistor arrays,” J. Phys. Condens. Matter 20(38), 384208 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

T. Otsuji, M. Hanabe, T. Nishimura, and E. Sano, “A grating-bicoupled plasma-wave photomixer with resonant-cavity enhanced structure,” Opt. Express 14(11), 4815–4825 (2006), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-11-4815 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

E. Batke, D. Heitmann, and C. W. Tu, “Plasmon and magnetoplasmon excitation in two-dimensional electron space-charge layers on GaAs,” Phys. Rev. B 34(10), 6951–6960 (1986). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

S. J. Allen, D. S. Tsui, and R. A. Logan, “Observation of the two-dimensional plasmon in silicon inversion layers,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 38(17), 980–983 (1977). [CrossRef]

Surf. Sci.

T. N. Theis, “Plasmons in inversion layers,” Surf. Sci. 98(1-3), 515–532 (1980). [CrossRef]

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