Sensitive room-temperature terahertz detection via the photothermoelectric effect in graphene

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 814-819

  Cai, Xinghan ^a   Sushkov, Andrei B ^a   Suess, Ryan J ^b   Jadidi, Mohammad M ^b   Jenkins, Gregory S ^a   Nyakiti, Luke O ^c   Myers Ward, Rachael L ^d   Li, Shanshan ^b   Yan, Jun ^a,e   Gaskill, D Kurt ^d   Murphy, Thomas E ^b   Drew, H Dennis ^a   Fuhrer, Michael S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

FERMI ENERGY PINNING; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER; PHOTO-THERMOELECTRIC; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; ROOM TEMPERATURE DETECTION; SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; HEATING; ILLUMINATION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PHOTOTHERMOELECTRIC EFFECT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84922261099     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.182     Document Type: Article

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