THz Atelier – Terahertz photonics laboratory
Department of Optoelectronics, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC)
Head of laboratory Dr. Irmantas Kašalynas and PhD student Justinas Jorudas represented THz Photonics laboratory at International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors (IWN) which took place in Berlin, Germany from 10th till 14th of October. Our lab presented scientific results in 1 oral and 3 poster presentations.
New paper by Roman Balagula et al. under the title ”Space-charge domains in n-type GaN epilayers under pulsed electric field” is published in the Applied Physics Letters.
The experimental work investigates the formation and drift of space-charge domains with velocity of sound in n-type GaN. The findings defines the constraints
for the design of GaN-based power electronic devices.
The paper can be reached through this DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0098951
From 28th of August till 2nd of September the THz Photonics laboratory is going to the 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)! Our all lab is going to take part in this massive scientific event. This year we discuss very interesting scientific results in 4 oral and 6 poster presentations (10 papers in total). Let’s meet there: https://www.irmmw-thz2022.tudelft.nl/program.html
New study is published in the journal “Physical Review Letters” from American Physical Society in the field of parametric generation of EM oscillations in GHz-THz frequency range. The work reports on the first observation of the dissipative parametric generation in a subcritically doped GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice (SL) subjected to a DC bias and a microwave pump. It enforces excitation of slow electrostatic waves in the SL that provide a significant enhancement of the gain coefficient.
The findings foresee the development of a miniature solid-state parametric generators of GHz-THz frequencies operating at room temperature.
The second FGTC took place in La Grande Motte, France, from 16th to 19th of May. THz Atelier presented their work on AlGaN/GaN HEMT based detectors and emitters.
https://terahertz2022.sciencesconf.org/
Godos Raibytės radio laidoje ,,Mokslas Skubantiems” apie gyvybės paieškas kosmose pasakoja THz fotonikos laboratorijos doktorantė Rusnė Ivaškevičiūtė-Povilauskienė, kuri 2017 m. stažavosi NASA AMES tyrimų centre. Laidos įrašas LRT mediatekoje.
The article by Roman M Balagula et al. just published in the journal MDPI Materials. The study is aimed towards the high frequency response properties of the n-type GaN epilayers on a native stubstrates. The results indicate new practical possibilities of the GaN material controlled by an external electric field for the development of novel devices for high-power and high-frequency applications.
The work was supported by European Social Fund (project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-
712-19-0184) under grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), the National Science Centre (Grant No. UMO-2017/27/L/ST7/03283) and the National Center for Research and Development (Grant No. WPC/20/DefeGaN/2018 and No. TECHMATSTRATEG-III/0003/2019/EnerGaN).
The article is published as a open access and can be accessed freely via DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062066
Work by J. Jorudas et al. was recently published in the MDPI Materials journal reporting about the development of high electron mobility transistor structures based on quaternary lattice matched InAlGaN barrier layer.
The thorough study on the morphological, optical and electrical properties of the layers is accomplished aiming towards application for microwave power and terahertz plasmonic devices.
The paper is open access and is available through the link: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031118
The work was supported by the Research Council of Lithuania under the “TERAGANWIRE” project (Grant No. S-LL-19-1), by the National Science Center of Poland (Grant No. 2017/27/L/ST7/03283), by “International Research Agendas” program of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the EU under the European Regional Development Fund (Nos. MAB/2018/9), and partially supported by the Polish National Center for Research and Development through projects No. WPC/20/DefeGaN/2018 and No. TECHMATSTRATEG-III/0003/2019.
The newest study was published in Journal of Applied Physics by Rusnė Ivaškevičiūtė-Povilauskienė et al. about the advantages of optical modulation in terahertz imaging for study of graphene layers.
It was demonstrated that optical modulation together with simultaneous terahertz (THz) imaging application enables an increase in contrast by an order of magnitude, thereby illustrating the technique as a convenient contactless tool for characterization of graphene deposited on high-resistivity silicon substrates.
The technique is applied in the development and investigation of graphene-based optical diffractive elements for THz imaging systems.
The work achieved funding from Horizon 2020 program under Grant No. 823728 (DiSetCom) as well as by the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme “Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN)” (Decision No. 320165).
The paper is open access and can be easily reached through the DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0074772
Rolando Maskoliūno vedamoje laidoje ”Smalsumo genas” (transliuojama per LRT) kalbama apie metamedžiagas ir terahercų technologiją. Apie vykdomus metamedžiagų tyrimus FTMC pasakoja Dr. Dalius Seliuta, o apie terahercų taikymus — Dr. Linas Minkevičius.
Laidos įrašą galima pamatyti čia.