Terahertz ratchet effects in graphene with a lateral superlattice
Terahertz ratchet effects in graphene with a lateral superlattice
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DOI：
10.1103/physrevb.93.075422
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发表时间：
2016-02-12
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Ganichev, S. D.
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作者：
Olbrich, P.;Kamann, J.;Ganichev, S. D.
对太赫兹频率范围内交变电场激发下石墨烯侧向超晶格的棘轮效应进行了实验和理论研究。沉积在单层石墨烯顶部的横向超晶格由具有不同宽度和间距的周期性重复的金属条或由交叉梳状双光栅栅（DGG）结构形成。我们表明，棘轮光电流太赫兹辐射激发和敏感的辐射偏振态可以有效地控制通过狄拉克点驱动系统的背栅，以及通过施加不相等的电压的DGG子光栅的横向不对称性变化。棘轮光电流包括塞贝克热棘轮效应以及对驱动电磁力的相应极化敏感的“线性”和“圆形”棘轮效应。考虑到计算的潜在的配置文件和近场作用于石墨烯中的载流子的电子和等离子体棘轮的实验数据进行了分析。我们表明，光电流的产生是基于一个空间周期性的面内电位和空间调制的光，由于近场效应的光衍射的组合作用。
Experimental and theoretical studies on ratchet effects in graphene with a lateral superlattice excited by alternating electric fields of terahertz frequency range are presented. A lateral superlattice deposited on top of monolayer graphene is formed either by periodically repeated metal stripes having different widths and spacings or by interdigitated comblike dual-grating-gate (DGG) structures. We show that the ratchet photocurrent excited by terahertz radiation and sensitive to the radiation polarization state can be efficiently controlled by the back gate driving the system through the Dirac point as well as by the lateral asymmetry varied by applying unequal voltages to the DGG subgratings. The ratchet photocurrent includes the Seebeck thermoratchet effect as well as the effects of "linear" and "circular" ratchets, sensitive to the corresponding polarization of the driving electromagnetic force. The experimental data are analyzed for the electronic and plasmonic ratchets taking into account the calculated potential profile and the near field acting on carriers in graphene. We show that the photocurrent generation is based on a combined action of a spatially periodic in-plane potential and the spatially modulated light due to the near-field effects of the light diffraction.