Photoconductive terahertz near-field detector with a hybrid nanoantenna array cavity

Mitrofanov, Oleg; Brener, Igal; Luk, Ting S.; Reno, John L.

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00475

Title: Photoconductive terahertz near-field detector with a hybrid nanoantenna array cavity

Journal Article · Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2015 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00475· OSTI ID:1238657

Mitrofanov, Oleg ^[1]; Brener, Igal ^[2]; Luk, Ting S. ^[2]; Reno, John L. ^[2]

Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Nanoscale structuring of optical materials leads to modification of their properties and can be used for improving efficiencies of photonic devices and for enabling new functionalities. In ultrafast optoelectronic switches for generation and detection of terahertz (THz) radiation, incorporation of nanostructures allows us to overcome inherent limitations of photoconductive materials. We propose and demonstrate a nanostructured photoconductive THz detector for sampling highly localized THz fields, down to the level of λ/150. The nanostructure that consists of an array of optical nanoantennas and a distributed Bragg reflector forms a hybrid cavity, which traps optical gate pulses within the photoconductive layer. The effect of photon trapping is observed as enhanced absorption at a designed wavelength. This optically thin photoconductive THz detector allows us to detect highly confined evanescent THz fields coupled through a deeply subwavelength aperture as small as 2 μm (λ/150 at 1 THz). As a result, by monolithically integrating the THz detector with apertures ranging from 2 to 5 μm we realize higher spatial resolution and higher sensitivity in aperture-type THz near-field microscopy and THz time-domain spectroscopy.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1238657

Report Number(s):: SAND-2015-9128J; 608008

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Vol. 2, Issue 12; ISSN 2330-4022

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 60 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (41)

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices Atwater, Harry A.; Polman, Albert Nature Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 3, p. 205-213 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2629	journal	February 2010
Light Trapping for Solar Fuel Generation with Mie Resonances Kim, Soo Jin; Thomann, Isabell; Park, Junghyun Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl404575e	journal	February 2014
An Atomically Layered InSe Avalanche Photodetector Lei, Sidong; Wen, Fangfang; Ge, Liehui Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00016	journal	April 2015
Advanced Photoconductive Terahertz Optoelectronics Based on Nano-Antennas and Nano-Plasmonic Light Concentrators Jarrahi, Mona IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2015.2406117	journal	May 2015
Nanoplasmonic Terahertz Photoconductive Switch on GaAs Heshmat, Barmak; Pahlevaninezhad, Hamid; Pang, Yuanjie, Nano Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl303314a	journal	February 2012
Significant performance enhancement in photoconductive terahertz optoelectronics by incorporating plasmonic contact electrodes Berry, C. W.; Wang, N.; Hashemi, M. R. Nature Communications, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2638	journal	March 2013
Nano-antenna in a photoconductive photomixer for highly efficient continuous wave terahertz emission Tanoto, H.; Teng, J. H.; Wu, Q. Y. Scientific Reports, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02824	journal	October 2013
Generation of high power pulsed terahertz radiation using a plasmonic photoconductive emitter array with logarithmic spiral antennas Berry, Christopher W.; Hashemi, Mohammad R.; Jarrahi, Mona Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4866807	journal	February 2014
Nanoplasmonics enhanced terahertz sources Jooshesh, Afshin; Smith, Levi; Masnadi-Shirazi, Mostafa Optics Express, Vol. 22, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.027992	journal	January 2014
A hybrid analysis method for plasmonic enhanced terahertz photomixer sources Jafarlou, Saman; Neshat, Mohammad; Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.011115	journal	January 2013
Milliwatt-level output power in the sub-terahertz range generated by photomixing in a GaAs photoconductor Peytavit, E.; Lepilliet, S.; Hindle, F. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 99, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3664635	journal	November 2011
3 μ m aperture probes for near-field terahertz transmission microscopy Macfaden, Alexander J.; Reno, John L.; Brener, Igal Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861621	journal	January 2014
Enhanced Terahertz Emission from Schottky Junctions Using Plasmonic Nanostructures Ramanandan, Gopika K. P.; Adam, Aurèle J. L.; Planken, Paul C. M. ACS Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/ph500251a	journal	October 2014
Near-field probing of Mie resonances in single TiO_2 microspheres at terahertz frequencies Mitrofanov, Oleg; Dominec, Filip; Kužel, Petr Optics Express, Vol. 22, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.023034	journal	January 2014
Dipolar resonances in conductive carbon micro-fibers probed by near-field terahertz spectroscopy Khromova, I.; Navarro-Cía, M.; Brener, I. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926628	journal	July 2015
Near-Field Analysis of Terahertz Pulse Generation From Photo-Excited Charge Density Gradients Mueckstein, Raimund; Natrella, Michele; Hatem, Osama IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2015.2395389	journal	March 2015
Terahertz pulse propagation through small apertures Mitrofanov, Oleg; Lee, M.; Hsu, J. W. P. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 79, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1392303	journal	August 2001
An on-chip near-field terahertz probe and detector Kawano, Yukio; Ishibashi, Koji Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.157	journal	August 2008
Terahertz near-field spectroscopy of filled subwavelength sized apertures in thin metal films Knab, J. R.; Adam, A. J. L.; Shaner, E. Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.001101	journal	January 2013
Characterization of a hollow core fibre-coupled near field terahertz probe Misra, M.; Pan, Y.; Williams, C. R. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804952	journal	May 2013
Theory of Diffraction by Small Holes Bethe, H. A. Physical Review, Vol. 66, Issue 7-8 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.66.163	journal	October 1944
Absorption enhancement in silicon‐on‐insulator waveguides using metal island films Stuart, Howard R.; Hall, Dennis G. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 69, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.117513	journal	October 1996
Intensity enhancement in textured optical sheets for solar cells Yablonovitch, E.; Cody, G. D. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 29, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/T-ED.1982.20700	journal	February 1982
Light trapping properties of pyramidally textured surfaces Campbell, Patrick; Green, Martin A. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 62, Issue 1, p. 243-249 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.339189	journal	July 1987
Enhanced optical absorption for photovoltaics via excitation of waveguide and plasmon-polariton modes Panoiu, Nicolae C.; Osgood, Jr., Richard M. Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.002825	journal	January 2007
Design principles for particle plasmon enhanced solar cells Catchpole, K. R.; Polman, A. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3021072	journal	November 2008
Hybridised extraordinary optical transmission in plasmonic cavity Briscoe, J. L.; Cho, S. -Y. Electronics Letters, Vol. 50, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2014.2818	journal	November 2014
Nanophotonic light trapping with patterned transparent conductive oxides Vasudev, Alok P.; Schuller, Jon A.; Brongersma, Mark L. Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue S3 https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.00A385	journal	January 2012
Total Absorption in a Graphene Monolayer in the Optical Regime by Critical Coupling with a Photonic Crystal Guided Resonance Piper, Jessica R.; Fan, Shanhui ACS Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/ph400090p	journal	March 2014
Enhancement of optical absorption in thin-film organic solar cells through the excitation of plasmonic modes in metallic gratings Min, Changjun; Li, Jennifer; Veronis, Georgios Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3377791	journal	March 2010
Reflection properties of the Salisbury screen Fante, R. L.; McCormack, M. T. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 36, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1109/8.8632	journal	January 1988
Electrically Tunable Coherent Optical Absorption in Graphene with Ion Gel Thareja, Vrinda; Kang, Ju-Hyung; Yuan, Hongtao Nano Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl503431d	journal	February 2015
Nanometre optical coatings based on strong interference effects in highly absorbing media Kats, Mikhail A.; Blanchard, Romain; Genevet, Patrice Nature Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 20-24 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3443	journal	October 2012
Omnidirectional Near-Unity Absorption in an Ultrathin Planar Semiconductor Layer on a Metal Substrate Park, Junghyun; Kang, Ju-Hyung; Vasudev, Alok P. ACS Photonics, Vol. 1, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1021/ph500093d	journal	August 2014
Noise Analysis of Photoconductive Terahertz Detectors Wang, Ning; Jarrahi, Mona Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Vol. 34, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-013-9995-1	journal	July 2013
Resonant grating waveguide structures Rosenblatt, D.; Sharon, A.; Friesem, A. A. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 33, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1109/3.641320	journal	January 1997
Giant Coupling Effect between Metal Nanoparticle Chain and Optical Waveguide Février, Mickaël; Gogol, Philippe; Aassime, Abdelhanin Nano Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1021/nl204265f	journal	January 2012
Plasmonic Antennas Hybridized with Dielectric Waveguides Bernal Arango, Felipe; Kwadrin, Andrej; Koenderink, A. Femius ACS Nano, Vol. 6, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/nn303907r	journal	October 2012
Theory and experiments of Bragg cavity modes in passive and active metallic nanoslit array devices Schwarz, Ilai; Harats, Moshe G.; Livneh, Nitzan Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 29, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.29.00A127	journal	January 2012
Principles of Nano-Optics Novotny, Lukas; Hecht, Bert Cambridge University Press https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794193	book	January 2012
Generation of low-frequency components due to phase-amplitude modulation of subcycle far-infrared pulses in near-field diffraction Mitrofanov, Oleg; Pfeiffer, L. N.; West, K. W. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 81, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1503871	journal	August 2002

Cited By (16)

Enhancement of terahertz photoconductive antenna operation by optical nanoantennas: Enhancement of terahertz photoconductive antenna operation by optical nanoantennas Lepeshov, Sergey; Gorodetsky, Andrei; Krasnok, Alexander Laser & Photonics Reviews, Vol. 11, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201600199	journal	December 2016
High Sensitivity Terahertz Detection through Large-Area Plasmonic Nano-Antenna Arrays Yardimci, Nezih Tolga; Jarrahi, Mona Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep42667	journal	February 2017
Phase-sensitive terahertz imaging using room-temperature near-field nanodetectors Giordano, Maria C.; Viti, Leonardo; Mitrofanov, Oleg Optica, Vol. 5, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.5.000651	journal	January 2018
An efficient terahertz detector based on an optical hybrid cavity Siday, Tom; Thompson, Robert J.; Glass, Samuel Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290971	conference	March 2018
Toward real-time terahertz imaging Guerboukha, Hichem; Nallappan, Kathirvel; Skorobogatiy, Maksim Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 10, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1364/aop.10.000843	journal	January 2018
Nanostructure-Enhanced Photoconductive Terahertz Emission and Detection Yardimci, Nezih Tolga; Jarrahi, Mona Small, Vol. 14, Issue 44 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201802437	journal	August 2018
Photoconductive devices for terahertz pulsed spectroscopy: a review [Invited] Castro-Camus, E.; Alfaro, M. Photonics Research, Vol. 4, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1364/prj.4.000a36	journal	January 2016
Near-field terahertz probes with room-temperature nanodetectors for subwavelength resolution imaging Mitrofanov, Oleg; Viti, Leonardo; Dardanis, Enrico Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44240	journal	March 2017
Terahertz photoconductive emitter with dielectric-embedded high-aspect-ratio plasmonic grating for operation with low-power optical pumps Lavrukhin, D. V.; Yachmenev, A. E.; Glinskiy, I. A. AIP Advances, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5081119	journal	January 2019
The progress and perspectives of terahertz technology for diagnosis of neoplasms: a review Zaytsev, K. I.; Dolganova, I. N.; Chernomyrdin, N. V. Journal of Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/ab4dc3	journal	December 2019
A high-responsivity and broadband photoconductive terahertz detector based on a plasmonic nanocavity Yardimci, N. T.; Turan, D.; Cakmakyapan, S. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 25 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5066243	journal	December 2018
Improvement of Terahertz Photoconductive Antenna using Optical Antenna Array of ZnO Nanorods Bashirpour, Mohammad; Forouzmehr, Matin; Hosseininejad, Seyed Ehsan Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38820-3	journal	February 2019
Perspective: Terahertz science and technology Mittleman, Daniel M. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007683	journal	December 2017
Detection of internal fields in double-metal terahertz resonators Mitrofanov, Oleg; Han, Zhanghua; Ding, Fei Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 110, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4975802	journal	February 2017
Near-field terahertz probes with room-temperature nanodetectors for subwavelength resolution imaging Mitrofanov, Oleg; Viti, Leonardo; Dardanis, Enrico arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1903.06188	preprint	January 2019
Tunable Terahertz Deep Subwavelength Imaging Based on a Graphene Monolayer Tang, Heng-He; Huang, Tie-Jun; Liu, Jiang-Yu Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46283	journal	April 2017

Similar Records

HIGH-SENSITIVITY AND BROADBAND TERAHERTZ FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS BASED ON PLASMONIC PHOTOCONDUCTIVE NANOCAVITIES

Technical Report · Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · OSTI ID:1238657

Yardimci, Nezih Tolga

Plasmonics-enhanced photoconductive terahertz detector pumped by Ytterbium-doped fiber laser

Journal Article · Mon Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Optics Express · OSTI ID:1238657

Turan, Deniz; Yardimci, Nezih Tolga; Jarrahi, Mona

Highly efficient terahertz photoconductive metasurface detectors operating at microwatt-level gate powers

Journal Article · Thu Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Optics Letters · OSTI ID:1238657

Hale, Lucy L.; Harris, C. Thomas; Luk, Ting Shan; +4 more

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
nanoantenna
terahertz
near-field microscopy
light trapping
plasmons

Title: Photoconductive terahertz near-field detector with a hybrid nanoantenna array cavity

Citation Formats

References (41)

Cited By (16)

Similar Records

Related Subjects