Sunday, December 2, 2012

Plasmonic Terahertz Optoelectronics Project




The purpose of the Plasmonic Terahertz
Optoelectronics Project is to investigate
unique properties of plasmonic antennas to
mitigate efficiency degradation of
conventional antennas interacting with nanoelectronics
at terahertz and optical frequencies. The SNF-fabricated
prototypes of this study have been meta-surfaces used
for efficient interaction of terahertz and opticalwaves at
 the nano-scale.

Following this study our group study, has
demonstrated multi-spectral plasmonic
antennas enabling single-photon terahertz
spectrometry at room-temperature. We have
also demonstrated two orders of magnitude
terahertz power enhancement by using
plasmonic photoconductive terahertz sources
compared with conventional designs.

Mona Jarrahi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Work performed at Stanford Nanofabrication Facility



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