Low-bias gate tunable terahertz plasmonic signatures in chemical vapour deposited graphene of varying grain size

We report the characterization of centimeter sized graphene field-effect transistors with ionic gating which enables active frequency and amplitude modulation of terahertz (THz) radiation. Chemical vapour deposited graphene with different grain sizes were studied using THz time-domain spectroscopy....

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Main Authors: Kamboj, Varun S., Braeuninger-Weimer, Philipp, Jessop, David S., Singh, Angadjit, Sibik, Juraj, Ren, Yuan, Hofmann, Stephan, Zeitler, J. Axel, Beere, Harvey E., Ritchie, David A., Kidambi, Piran Ravichandran
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114643
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1546-5014
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Summary:We report the characterization of centimeter sized graphene field-effect transistors with ionic gating which enables active frequency and amplitude modulation of terahertz (THz) radiation. Chemical vapour deposited graphene with different grain sizes were studied using THz time-domain spectroscopy. We demonstrate that the plasmonic resonances intrinsic to graphene can be tuned over a wide range of THz frequencies by engineering the grain size of the graphene. Further frequency tuning of the resonance, up to ∼65 GHz, is achieved by electrostatic doping via ionic gating. These results present the first demonstration of tuning the intrinsic plasmonic resonances in graphene.