An exciton-polariton bolometer for terahertz radiation detection

作者:Paschos G G; Liew T C H; Hatzopoulos Z; Kavokin A V; Savvidis P G; Deligeorgis G*
来源:Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1): 10092.
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-28197-0

摘要

We experimentally investigate the feasibility of a bolometric device based on exciton-polaritons. Initial measurements presented in this work show that heating - via thermal expansion and bandgap renormalization - modifies the exciton-polariton propagation wavevector making exciton-polaritons propagation remarkably sensitive to thermal variations. By theoretical simulations we predict that using a single layer graphene absorbing layer, a THz bolometric sensor can be realized by a simple exciton-polariton ring interferometer device. The predicted sensitivity is comparable to presently existing THz bolometric devices with the convenience of being a device that inherently produces an optical signal output.

  • 出版日期2018-7-4
  • 单位南阳理工学院