Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials

Q Ma, R Krishna Kumar, SY Xu, FHL Koppens… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The photoexcitation life cycle from incident photon (and creation of photoexcited electron–
hole pair) to ultimate extraction of electrical current is a complex multiphysics process …

Status and outlook of metal–inorganic semiconductor–metal photodetectors

L Shi, K Chen, A Zhai, G Li, M Fan… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal–inorganic semiconductor–metal photodetectors (MSM‐PDs) have received great
attention in many areas, such as optical fiber communication, sensing, missile guidance …

Negative photoconductivity: bizarre physics in semiconductors

NK Tailor, CA Aranda, M Saliba… - ACS Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Many gadgets in our daily life work on the photodetection principle. These photodetectors
(such as silicon (Si), gallium arsenide (GaAs), and indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs)) work …

Terahertz frequency sensing and imaging: A time of reckoning future applications?

DL Woolard, R Brown, M Pepper… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, the field of terahertz (THz) science and technology has entered a completely
new phase of unprecedented expansion that is generating ever growing levels of broad …

Subpicosecond carrier lifetime in GaAs grown by molecular beam epitaxy at low temperatures

S Gupta, MY Frankel, JA Valdmanis… - Applied Physics …, 1991 - pubs.aip.org
Epitaxial GaAs grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at low substrate temperatures is
observed to have a significantly shorter carrier lifetime than GaAs grown at normal substrate …

Intrinsic response time of graphene photodetectors

A Urich, K Unterrainer, T Mueller - Nano letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Graphene-based photodetectors are promising new devices for high-speed optoelectronic
applications. However, despite recent efforts it is not clear what determines the ultimate …

Ultrafast Transient Terahertz Conductivity of Monolayer MoS2 and WSe2 Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition

CJ Docherty, P Parkinson, HJ Joyce, MH Chiu… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have measured ultrafast charge carrier dynamics in monolayers and trilayers of the
transition metal dichalcogenides MoS2 and WSe2 using a combination of time-resolved …

Terahertz attenuation and dispersion characteristics of coplanar transmission lines

MY Frankel, S Gupta, JA Valdmanis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1991 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental verification of analytic formulas for the dispersion and the attenuation of
electrical transient signals propagating on coplanar transmission lines is presented. The …

Ultrafast Optical Switching to a Metallic State by Photoinduced Mott Transition<? format?> in a Halogen-Bridged Nickel-Chain Compound

S Iwai, M Ono, A Maeda, H Matsuzaki, H Kishida… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
We demonstrate the ultrafast photoinduced Mott transition from a charge transfer insulator to
a metal in a halogen-bridged Ni-chain compound by pump-probe reflection spectroscopy …

Optimization of photomixers and antennas for continuous-wave terahertz emission

IS Gregory, C Baker, WR Tribe… - IEEE Journal of …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have studied terahertz emission from interdigitated finger photomixers coupled to planar
antenna structures. Using both pulsed and continuous-wave excitation, polarization …