Antenna Enhanced Graphene THz Emitter and Detector

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5295-5301

  Tong, Jiayue ^a   Muthee, Martin ^b   Chen, Shao Yu ^a   Yngvesson, Sigfrid K ^b   Yan, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

boron nitride; edge contact; Graphene transistor; terahertz detector; terahertz spectrum; thermoelectric effect

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BORON NITRIDE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE; LENS ANTENNAS; LIGHT SOURCES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SILICON DETECTORS; SLOT ANTENNAS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

EDGE CONTACTS; GRAPHENE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (GFETS); GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS; ILLUMINATION GEOMETRY; TERAHERTZ DETECTORS; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ SPECTRA; THERMOELECTRIC DETECTORS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 84939214499     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01635     Document Type: Article

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