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:
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- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 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.
@article{osti_1467067,
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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