The effect of symmetry on resonant and nonresonant photoresponses in a field-effect terahertz detector

Sun, J. D.; Yang, X. X.; Zhang, Z. P.; Li, X. X.; Zhang, X. Y.; Cai, Y.; Wu, D. M.; Zhang, B. S.; Lewis, R. A.; Sun, Y. F.

doi:10.1063/1.4906536

Title: The effect of symmetry on resonant and nonresonant photoresponses in a field-effect terahertz detector

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The effect of the symmetries in the terahertz (THz) field distribution and the field-effect channel on THz photoresponse is examined. Resonant excitation of cavity plasmon modes and nonresonant self-mixing of THz waves are demonstrated in a GaN/AlGaN two-dimensional electron gas with symmetrically designed nanogates, antennas, and filters. We found that the self-mixing signal can be effectively suppressed by the symmetric design and the resonant response benefits from the residual asymmetry. The findings suggest that a single detector may provide both high sensitivity from the self-mixing mechanism and spectral resolution from the resonant response by optimizing the degree of geometrical and/or electronic symmetries.

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Sun, J. D.; Yang, X. X.; Zhang, Z. P.; Li, X. X.; Zhang, X. Y.; Cai, Y.; Wu, D. M.; Zhang, B. S. ^[1]; Lewis, R. A. ^[2]; Sun, Y. F. ^[3]

Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 398 Ruoshui Road, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123 (China)
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522 (Australia)
College of Electronic and Information Enging, Suzhou University of Sciences and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215011 (China)

Publication Date:: Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22415125

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ANTENNAS; ELECTRON GAS; EXCITATION; GALLIUM NITRIDES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY; SYMMETRY; THZ RANGE

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                    Sun, J. D., Qin, H., E-mail: hqin2007@sinano.ac.cn, Yang, X. X., Zhang, Z. P., Li, X. X., Zhang, X. Y., Cai, Y., Wu, D. M., Zhang, B. S., Lewis, R. A., and Sun, Y. F. The effect of symmetry on resonant and nonresonant photoresponses in a field-effect terahertz detector.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Sun, J. D., Qin, H., E-mail: hqin2007@sinano.ac.cn, Yang, X. X., Zhang, Z. P., Li, X. X., Zhang, X. Y., Cai, Y., Wu, D. M., Zhang, B. S., Lewis, R. A., & Sun, Y. F. The effect of symmetry on resonant and nonresonant photoresponses in a field-effect terahertz detector.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906536

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                    Sun, J. D., Qin, H., E-mail: hqin2007@sinano.ac.cn, Yang, X. X., Zhang, Z. P., Li, X. X., Zhang, X. Y., Cai, Y., Wu, D. M., Zhang, B. S., Lewis, R. A., and Sun, Y. F. 2015.  
        "The effect of symmetry on resonant and nonresonant photoresponses in a field-effect terahertz detector".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906536.

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@article{osti_22415125,

  title        = {The effect of symmetry on resonant and nonresonant photoresponses in a field-effect terahertz detector},

  author       = {Sun, J. D. and Qin, H., E-mail: hqin2007@sinano.ac.cn and Yang, X. X. and Zhang, Z. P. and Li, X. X. and Zhang, X. Y. and Cai, Y. and Wu, D. M. and Zhang, B. S. and Lewis, R. A. and Sun, Y. F.},

  abstractNote = {The effect of the symmetries in the terahertz (THz) field distribution and the field-effect channel on THz photoresponse is examined. Resonant excitation of cavity plasmon modes and nonresonant self-mixing of THz waves are demonstrated in a GaN/AlGaN two-dimensional electron gas with symmetrically designed nanogates, antennas, and filters. We found that the self-mixing signal can be effectively suppressed by the symmetric design and the resonant response benefits from the residual asymmetry. The findings suggest that a single detector may provide both high sensitivity from the self-mixing mechanism and spectral resolution from the resonant response by optimizing the degree of geometrical and/or electronic symmetries.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4906536},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22415125},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 106,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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