Terahertz Detection of Quantum Cascade Laser Emission by Plasma Waves in Field Effect Transistors

• Authors: F. Teppe , C. Consejo , J. Torres , B. Chenaud , P. Solignac , S. Fathololoumi , Z. Wasilewski , M. Zholudev , N. Dyakonova , D. Coquillat , A. El Fatimy , P. Buzatu , C. Chaubet , W. Knap
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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We report on the resonant detection of a 3.1 THz radiation produced by a quantum cascade laser using a 250 nm gate length GaAs/AlGaAs field effect transistor at liquid nitrogen temperature. We show that the physical mechanism of the detection is related to the plasma waves excited in the transistor channel. The detection is enhanced by increasing the drain current and driving the transistor into saturation regime. These results clearly show that plasma wave nanometer-size transistors can be used as detectors in all-solid-state terahertz systems where quantum cascade lasers act as sources.

Keywords

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85.30.Tv; 07.57.Kp; 52.35.-g

Discipline

• 52.35.-g: Waves, oscillations, and instabilities in plasmas and intense beams(see also 94.20.wf Plasma waves and instabilities in physics of the ionosphere; 94.30.cq MHD waves, plasma waves, and instabilities in physics of the magnetosphere; 96.50.Tf MHD waves, plasma waves, turbulence in interplanetary physics)
• 07.57.Kp: Bolometers; infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave, and radiowave receivers and detectors(see also 85.60.Gz Photodetectors in electronic and magnetic devices, and 95.55.Rg Photoconductors and bolometers in astronomy)
• 85.30.Tv: Field effect devices

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 120
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 930-932

Dates

published

2011-11

Contributors

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F. Teppe

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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C. Consejo

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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J. Torres

• IES, UMR N° 5214 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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B. Chenaud

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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P. Solignac

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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S. Fathololoumi

• Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada

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Z. Wasilewski

• Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada

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M. Zholudev

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France
• Institute for Physics of Microstructures, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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N. Dyakonova

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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D. Coquillat

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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A. El Fatimy

• School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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P. Buzatu

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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C. Chaubet

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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W. Knap

• L2C, UMR N° 5221 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, GIS-TERALAB, 34095 Montpellier, France

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.120.930