Graphene-loaded metal wire grating for deep and broadband THz modulation in total internal reflection geometry

Yiwen Sun; Riccardo Degl’Innocenti; David A. Ritchie; Harvey E. Beere; Long Xiao; Michael Ruggiero; J. Axel Zeitler; Rayko I. Stantchev; Danni Chen; Zhengchun Peng; Emma MacPherson; Xudong Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.001151

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 12, 1151(2018)

Graphene-loaded metal wire grating for deep and broadband THz modulation in total internal reflection geometry

Yiwen Sun¹, Riccardo Degl’Innocenti², David A. Ritchie², Harvey E. Beere², Long Xiao^2,3, Michael Ruggiero⁴, J. Axel Zeitler⁵, Rayko I. Stantchev⁶, Danni Chen⁷, Zhengchun Peng⁷, Emma MacPherson^6,8, and Xudong Liu^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

³Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

⁴Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, 82 University Place, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA

⁵Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK

⁶Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

⁷Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

⁸Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Devices

Received: Aug. 20, 2018

Accepted: Oct. 24, 2018

Published Online: Dec. 3, 2018

The Author Email: Xudong Liu (xdliu@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.001151

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