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Title | Language |
8x8 Patch-Antenna-Coupled TeraFET Detector Array for Terahertz Quantum-Cascade-Laser Applications | en |
Author(s)
Name | ORCID | GND | Affiliation |
North, Nicholas K. | |||
Horbury, Michael D. | |||
Kondawar, Sanchit | |||
Kundu, Imon | |||
Salih, Mohammed | |||
Krysl, Anastasiya | |||
Li, Lianhe | |||
Linfield, Edmund H. | |||
Freeman, Joshua R. | |||
Valavanis, Alexander | |||
Lisauskas, Alvydas | |||
Roskos, Hartmut G. | 119965938X |
Project(s)
DFG SPP 2314 INTEREST RO 770 49-1
UK Research and Innovation (Future Leader Fellowship MR/S016929/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), U.K. (Programme grant EP/W012472/1)
Faculty
13 Physics
Date Issued
31 July 2024
Publisher(s)
IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
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Abstract(s)
Abstract | Language |
Monolithically integrated, antenna-coupled field-effect transistors (TeraFETs) are rapid and sensitive detectors for the terahertz range (0.3-10 THz) that can operate at room temperature. We conducted experimental characterizations of a single patch-antenna coupled TeraFET optimized for 3.4 THz operation and its integration into an 8×8 multi-element detector configuration. In this configuration, the entire TeraFET array operates as a unified detector element, combining the output signals of all detector elements. Both detectors were realized using a mature commercial Si-CMOS 65-nm process node. Our experimental characterization employed single-mode Quantum-Cascade Lasers (QCLs) emitting at 2.85 THz and 3.4 THz. The 8x8 multi-element detector yields two major improvements for sensitive power detection experiments. First, the larger detector area simplifies alignment and enhances signal stability. Second, the reduced detector impedance enabled the implementation of a TeraFET+QCL system capable of providing a -3 dB modulation bandwidth up to 21 MHz, which is currently limited primarily by the chosen readout circuitry. Finally, we validate the system’s performance by providing high resolution gas spectroscopy data for methanol vapor around 3.4 THz, where a detection limit of 1.6e-5 absorbance, or 2.6e11 molecules/cm3 was estimated under optimal coupling conditions. | en |
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Dataset for article published in journal IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2024.3438429 | en |
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