• DocumentCode
    3124660
  • Title

    Detection of sub-Terahertz and Terahertz radiation by plasma waves in silicon field effect transistors

  • Author

    Teppe, F. ; Meziani, Y. ; Dyakonova, N. ; Lusakowski, J. ; Knap, W. ; Boeuf, F. ; Skotnicki, T. ; Maude, D. ; Rumyantsev, S. ; Shur, M.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. & Syst. Eng. Dept., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    24-27 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    1337
  • Abstract
    We report on the first experiments on detection of the sub-THz and THz (120 GHz and 3 THz) radiation using Si FETs with nanometer and submicron gate lengths at 300 K. The observed photo-response is in agreement with the predictions of the Dyakonov-Shur theory. The plasma wave parameters deduced from the experiments allow us to predict the non resonant and resonant detection in the THz range by nanometer size silicon devices.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; photodetectors; plasma waves; submillimetre wave detectors; 120 GHz to 3 THz; 300 K; Dyakonov-Shur theory; FET photo-response; FET plasma waves; MOSFET gate length; Si; Terahertz radiation detection; nanometer size devices; nonresonant detection; resonant detection; sub-Terahertz radiation detection; Charge carrier density; Electrons; FETs; Frequency; Plasma temperature; Plasma waves; Radiation detectors; Resonance; Silicon radiation detectors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2004. Proceedings of IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8692-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2004.1426430
  • Filename
    1426430