Interaction of surface plasmon polaritons in heavily doped GaN microstructures with terahertz radiation

Journal Article · Mon Mar 07 04:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943063· OSTI ID:22597004

Shalygin, V. A.; Vorobjev, L. E.; Panevin, V. Yu.; Firsov, D. A. ^[1]; Riuttanen, L.; Suihkonen, S. ^[2]; Korotyeyev, V. V.; Lyaschuk, Yu. M.; Kochelap, V. A. ^[3]; Poroshin, V. N. ^[4]

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1. Department of Physics of Semiconductors and Nanoelectronics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg 195251 (Russian Federation)
2. School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo 02150 (Finland)
3. Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Semiconductor Physics NASU, Kyiv 03028 (Ukraine)
4. Department of Solid State Electronics, Institute of Physics NASU, Kyiv 03028 (Ukraine)

We present the results of experimental and theoretical studies of the surface plasmon polariton excitations in heavily doped GaN epitaxial layers. Reflection and emission of radiation in the frequency range of 2–20 THz including the Reststrahlen band were investigated for samples with grating etched on the sample surface, as well as for samples with flat surface. The reflectivity spectrum for p-polarized radiation measured for the sample with the surface-relief grating demonstrates a set of resonances associated with excitations of different surface plasmon polariton modes. Spectral peculiarities due to the diffraction effect have been also revealed. The characteristic features of the reflectivity spectrum, namely, frequencies, amplitudes, and widths of the resonance dips, are well described theoretically by a modified technique of rigorous coupled-wave analysis of Maxwell equations. The emissivity spectra of the samples were measured under epilayer temperature modulation by pulsed electric field. The emissivity spectrum of the sample with surface-relief grating shows emission peaks in the frequency ranges corresponding to the decay of the surface plasmon polariton modes. Theoretical analysis based on the blackbody-like radiation theory well describes the main peculiarities of the observed THz emission.

• OSTI ID: 22597004
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 119; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
DOPED MATERIALS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EMISSION SPECTRA
EPITAXY
EXCITATION
FREQUENCY RANGE
GALLIUM NITRIDES
GRATINGS
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
MICROSTRUCTURE
PLASMONS
POLARONS
REFLECTIVITY
SURFACES