Thin-film lithium niobate electro-optic terahertz wave detector

Wilke, Ingrid; Monahan, Jackson; Toroghi, Seyfollah; Rabiei, Payam; Hine, George

doi:10.1038/s41598-024-55156-9

Title: Thin-film lithium niobate electro-optic terahertz wave detector

Journal Article · Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2024 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55156-9· OSTI ID:2320380

Wilke, Ingrid ^[1];

^[1]; Toroghi, Seyfollah ^[2]; Rabiei, Payam ^[2];

^[3]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
Partow Technologies LLC, Vista, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Here, the design, fabrication, and validation of a thin-film lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) electro-optic (EO) time-domain terahertz (THz) wave detector is reported. LNOI offers unprecedented properties for the EO detection of freely propagating THz wave radiation pulses and transient electric fields because of the large EO coefficient of the material, engineering of the velocity matching of the THz wave and optical wave, and much reduced detector size. The proof-of-concept device is realized using thin-film lithium niobate optical waveguides forming a Mach–Zehnder interferometer with interferometer arms electrically poled in opposite directions. THz waves are coupled effectively to the fully dielectric device from free space without using antennas or plasmonics. The detection of THz waves with frequencies up to 800 GHz is successfully demonstrated. The detector allows for the detection of THz frequency electric fields up to 4.6 MV/m. The observed frequency response of the device agrees well with theoretical predictions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2320380

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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