• DocumentCode
    2510529
  • Title

    Terahertz radiation detection through a micro-scale antenna and a silicon-based quantum dot

  • Author

    Crespi, Luca ; Kodera, Tetsuo ; Oda, Shunri ; Kawano, Yukio

  • Author_Institution
    Quantum Nanoelectron. Res. Center (QNERC) & Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-28 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a new concept of THz radiation detector composed of a micro-scale THz antenna coupled to a silicon-based quantum dot. The antenna concentrates the incident THz radiation towards the quantum dot, allowing us to measure the current shift induced on the quantum dot Coulomb Oscillations.
  • Keywords
    broadband antennas; elemental semiconductors; semiconductor quantum dots; silicon; terahertz wave detectors; Si; THz radiation detector; current shift; incident THz radiation; microscale THz antenna; quantum dot Coulomb oscillations; silicon-based quantum dot; terahertz radiation detection; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Logic gates; Quantum dots; Silicon; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wollongong, NSW
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1598-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380268
  • Filename
    6380268