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Title: Graphene metamaterial modulator for free-space thermal radiation

Abstract

We proposed and demonstrated a new metamaterial architecture capable of high speed modulation of free-space space thermal infrared radiation using graphene. Our design completely eliminates channel resistance, thereby maximizing the electrostatic modulation speed, while at the same time effectively modulating infrared radiation. Experiment results verify that our device with area of 100 × 120 µm2 can achieve a modulation speed as high as 2.6 GHz. We further highlight the utility of our graphene metamaterial modulator by reconstructing a fast infrared signal using an equivalent time sampling technique. The graphene metamaterial modulator demonstrated here is not only limited to the thermal infrared, but may be scaled to longer infrared and terahertz wavelengths. Our work provides a path forward for realization of frequency selective and all-electronic high speed devices for infrared applications.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  2. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Office of Naval Research (ONR) (United States); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1467067
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0014372; N00014-15-1-0051; ECCS-1542015
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher:
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; invisibility cloaks; liquid crystals; metamaterial absorbers; metamaterial devices; modulation techniques; scanning electron microscopy

Citation Formats

Fan, Kebin, Suen, Jonathan, Wu, Xueyuan, and Padilla, Willie J. Graphene metamaterial modulator for free-space thermal radiation. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1364/OE.24.025189.
Fan, Kebin, Suen, Jonathan, Wu, Xueyuan, & Padilla, Willie J. Graphene metamaterial modulator for free-space thermal radiation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.025189
Fan, Kebin, Suen, Jonathan, Wu, Xueyuan, and Padilla, Willie J. Wed . "Graphene metamaterial modulator for free-space thermal radiation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.025189. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1467067.
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title = {Graphene metamaterial modulator for free-space thermal radiation},
author = {Fan, Kebin and Suen, Jonathan and Wu, Xueyuan and Padilla, Willie J.},
abstractNote = {We proposed and demonstrated a new metamaterial architecture capable of high speed modulation of free-space space thermal infrared radiation using graphene. Our design completely eliminates channel resistance, thereby maximizing the electrostatic modulation speed, while at the same time effectively modulating infrared radiation. Experiment results verify that our device with area of 100 × 120 µm2 can achieve a modulation speed as high as 2.6 GHz. We further highlight the utility of our graphene metamaterial modulator by reconstructing a fast infrared signal using an equivalent time sampling technique. The graphene metamaterial modulator demonstrated here is not only limited to the thermal infrared, but may be scaled to longer infrared and terahertz wavelengths. Our work provides a path forward for realization of frequency selective and all-electronic high speed devices for infrared applications.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.24.025189},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 22,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: (a) Schematic of the tunable metamaterial absorber with metamaterial structures patterned on single layer graphene. Spectral tuning is achieved by gating the graphene via applying voltage between metamaterial layer and metallic ground plane. (b) Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the patterned metamaterial on graphene by electron beammore » lithography (EBL).The total area of metamaterial is 100 x 120 µm2. The scale bar is 5 µm. Inset: a close-up view of the metamaterial with dimensions. px = 2 µm, py = 1.2 µm, l = 1.3 µm, w1 = 200 nm, w2 = 300 nm, g = 100 nm.« less

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