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Nanoscale Materials and Devices for Electronics, Photonics and Solar Energy pp 237–261Cite as

Terahertz Wave Generation Using Graphene and Compound Semiconductor Nano-Heterostructures

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This paper reviews recent advances in terahertz wave generation using graphene and compound semiconductor nano-heterostructures. The excitation of two-dimensional (2D) plasmons in high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and related semiconductor nano-heterostructures has been used for emission of THz electromagnetic radiation. Plasmons in graphene (which is one or several monolayers of a honeycomb carbon lattice) have a higher velocity and peculiar transport properties owing to the massless and gapless energy spectrum of graphene. Optical and/or injection pumping of graphene results in a negative-dynamic conductivity in the THz spectral range, which may enable new types of THz lasers. Fundamental physics behind the device operation mechanisms and experimental results are demonstrated including coherent monochromatic THz radiation from InP-based HEMT-type emitters and stimulated emission of THz radiation with a giant gain via excitation of surface plasmon polaritons in optically pumped monolayer intrinsic graphene.

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  1. RIEC, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Taiichi Otsuji, Victor Ryzhii, Stephane Boubanga Tombet & Akira Satou

  2. Department of CSC, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

    Maxim Ryzhii

  3. Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering Electronics, Saratov Branch, RAS, Saratov, Russia

    Vyacheslav V. Popov

  4. LC2-Laboratory, CNRS-Universite Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

    Wojciech Knap

  5. Department of EE, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Vladimir Mitin

  6. Department of ECSC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, MI, USA

    Michael Shur

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Otsuji, T. et al. (2015). Terahertz Wave Generation Using Graphene and Compound Semiconductor Nano-Heterostructures. In: Korkin, A., Goodnick, S., Nemanich, R. (eds) Nanoscale Materials and Devices for Electronics, Photonics and Solar Energy. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18633-7_7

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