Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 9, 994(2019)

Ultrasensitive polarization-dependent terahertz modulation in hybrid perovskites plasmon-induced transparency devices

Junhu Zhou1、†, Yuze Hu1、†, Tian Jiang1、†,*, Hao Ouyang1, Han Li1, Yizhen Sui1, Hao Hao2, Jie You3, Xin Zheng3, Zhongjie Xu1, and Xiang’ai Cheng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing, College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Academy of Military Sciences PLA China, Beijing 100071, China
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    (a) Schematic of the polarization-dependent metamaterial-perovskite THz device. A periodic array of CRRs and SRRs tailors the PIT resonance at different frequencies determined by incident polarizations. A thin perovskite film is deposited on the quartz substrate acting as a photoactive layer illuminated by optical pump pulses (400 nm). (b) Schematic view of the functional unit cell. The thickness of the quartz substrate is H=2 mm, the height of the Au metamaterial is h=127 nm, and the period is Px=150 μm, Py=110 μm. Geometric parameters of the structure are L1=120 μm, L2=50 μm, L11=26 μm, L12=25 μm, L21=50 μm, L22=18 μm, respectively. Inset presentation shows the crystal structure of T−CH3NH3PbI3 phases. Optical microscopic images of fabricated Au structures (c) before and (d) after covering a 55 nm perovskite thin film, where the scale bar represents 100 μm, and the inset picture shows the thickness of the perovskite film.
    (a) Simulated and (b) measured amplitude transmissions of the designed polarization-related metamaterial under illuminations of x-polarized (blue) and y-polarized (red) THz electric fields without perovskite coating. Dashed lines represent Fano-resonant frequencies for two polarized THz electric fields.
    Results of the optical modulation of anisotropic THz wave. Measured transmission spectra of the designed perovskite-based device of the (a) x-polarized and (c) y-polarized incident THz electric field under different pump powers. Corresponding numerically simulated transmission spectra of the (b) x-polarized and (d) y-polarized incident THz electric field under different conductivities of the perovskite thin film. The dashed lines mark the frequencies corresponding to the Fano resonance peaks.
    Calculated z-component field distributions in the transverse plane of the Au metasurface varying the conductivity of the perovskite film under the x-polarized THz electric field from 0 S/m to 960 S/m. Incident fields are normalized as 1 V/m.
    Calculated z-component field distributions in the transverse plane of the Au metasurface varying the conductivity of the perovskite film under the y-polarized THz electric field from 0 S/m to 1440 S/m. Incident fields are normalized as 1 V/m.
    Time-evolution dynamics of the metasurface-perovskite device. (a) Transient transmission spectra of the y-polarized THz electric field at different pump-probe delay values for an average pump fluence of 30 μJ/cm2. (b) Measured transient THz excitation dynamics for perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) thin film spin-coated on the Fano-resonant metasurface implemented by using OPTP measurements for various pump fluences. Solid curves represent the fittings of recombination processes utilizing rate equations, where the dotted lines are measured by experiment.
    Normalized linear absorption and PL spectra of the spin-coated perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) film. The PL and absorption peaks are located at 760 and 740 nm, respectively.
    Intrinsic THz spectra of SRR and CRR resonators along (a) x and (b) y directions. The near-field coupling effect between CRR and SRR is the origin of PIT resonance.
    Theoretical calculation results of the Lorentzian mechanical oscillator model along the (a) x-polarized and (b) y-polarized incident THz electric field.
    Group delay data extracted from experiment results as a function of pump fluence: (a) x-direction and (b) y-direction.
    Simulated results with a phonon mode at 1.0 THz in the perovskite thin film as a function of optical conductivity of the perovskite thin film.
    • Table 1. Some Reported Active Modulation of the Optically Controlled THz Modulator

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      Table 1. Some Reported Active Modulation of the Optically Controlled THz Modulator

      YearActive MaterialMaximum Modulation DepthPump Wavelength and Minimum Working FluenceRef.
      2018310 nm Ge29%800 nm, 254  μJ/cm2[20]
      2017300 nm GaAs nanodisks35%800 nm, 310  μJ/cm2[61]
      2017400 nm, drop coated MoS2 film20%800 nm, 12.7  μJ/cm2[18]
      2012500 nm Si49%800 nm, 35  μJ/cm2[50]
      2018284 nm VO2 film138 deg (phase shifting)800 nm (cw laser), 3.5  W/cm2[13]
      201850 nm high-Tc YBCO42%800 nm, 64  μJ/cm2[62]
      This work55 nm MAPbI3 film25%400 nm, 5  μJ/cm2This work
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    Junhu Zhou, Yuze Hu, Tian Jiang, Hao Ouyang, Han Li, Yizhen Sui, Hao Hao, Jie You, Xin Zheng, Zhongjie Xu, Xiang’ai Cheng, "Ultrasensitive polarization-dependent terahertz modulation in hybrid perovskites plasmon-induced transparency devices," Photonics Res. 7, 994 (2019)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Apr. 26, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 3, 2019

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2019

    The Author Email: Tian Jiang (tjiang@nudt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000994

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