Graphene-loaded metal wire grating for deep and broadband THz modulation in total internal reflection geometry

Yiwen Sun; Riccardo Degl’Innocenti; David A. Ritchie; Harvey E. Beere; Long Xiao; Michael Ruggiero; J. Axel Zeitler; Rayko I. Stantchev; Danni Chen; Zhengchun Peng; Emma MacPherson; Xudong Liu

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.001151

Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (12): 12001151, Published Online: Dec. 3, 2018

Graphene-loaded metal wire grating for deep and broadband THz modulation in total internal reflection geometry Download： 521次

Yiwen Sun ¹Riccardo Degl’Innocenti ²David A. Ritchie ²Harvey E. Beere ²Long Xiao ^2,3Michael Ruggiero ⁴J. Axel Zeitler ⁵Rayko I. Stantchev ⁶Danni Chen ⁷Zhengchun Peng ⁷Emma MacPherson ^6,8Xudong Liu ^1,*

Author Affiliations

¹ National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

² Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

³ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, 82 University Place, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA

⁵ Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK

⁶ Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

⁷ Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

⁸ Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

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Yiwen Sun, Riccardo Degl’Innocenti, David A. Ritchie, Harvey E. Beere, Long Xiao, Michael Ruggiero, J. Axel Zeitler, Rayko I. Stantchev, Danni Chen, Zhengchun Peng, Emma MacPherson, Xudong Liu. Graphene-loaded metal wire grating for deep and broadband THz modulation in total internal reflection geometry[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(12): 12001151.

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