THz Atelier – Terahertz photonics laboratory
Department of Optoelectronics, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC)
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
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 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
Recent work published in AIP Advanced journal by Agnieszka Siemion et. al reports on advances in Terahertz digital holography implementing two- and four-step phase shifting technique. Proposed holographic technique shows many advantages in THz imaging such as better contrast, reconstruction of 3D image and etc.
The article is open access and can be reached through this link: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0062330
New paper by M. Karaliūnas et al. “High precision parabolic quantum wells grown using pulsed analog alloy grading technique: Photoluminescence probing and fractional-dimensional space approach” reports the findings on PL characterization with the help of fractional-dimensional space approach revealed precisely grown parabolic quantum well using molecular beam epitaxy pulsed analog alloy grading technique. The study presents beautiful physics of electrons being confined in 52-nm-width parabolic quantum well and proves the validity of Khon theorem. The work was supported by European Social Fund (project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-02-0172) under grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT). It can be reached via DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118321
Impressive review by G. Valušis et al. is published in Sensors (MDPI) journal. The roadmap article is focused on the most recent advances in THz imaging with particular attention paid to the optimization and miniaturization of the THz imaging system. Although the research on preparing the review haven’t received dedicated funding, the work covers the results of number of grants: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, contracts RO 770/40, /43 and /48, ME5034/2; Messer Stiftung, project “Orts- und zeitaufgelöste Spektroskopie an plasmonischen Strukturen mittels s-SNOM-Nanoskopie”, IRAP Programme of the Foundation for Polish Science (grant MAB/2018/9, project CENTERA), project KITKAS, founded by Lithuanian Research Council, LAT-04/2016. The work is accessible via DOI: 10.3390/s21124092
Newest study “Antenna-Coupled Titanium Microbolometers: Application for Precise Control of Radiation Patterns in Terahertz Time-Domain Systems” is published in Sensors journal from MDPI publisher. It was found that the studied Ti-microbolometers are convenient lensless sensors suitable to discriminate and control THz radiation pattern features in various wideband THz-TDS systems. The publication is open access and can be found through DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21103510
Most recent study by V. Janonis and co-authors “Spatial coherence of hybrid surface plasmon-phonon-polaritons in shallow n-GaN surface-relief gratings” is published in the highly ranked Optics Express journal from Optical Society of America (OSA) Publishing. Good agreement was achieved between experiment and theory paving a way for development of narrow-band thermal sources of coherent radiation in IR and THz ranges. The work was funded by the European Regional Development Fund according to the supported activity “Research Projects Implemented by World-class Researcher Groups” under the Measure No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-0047 through the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba) grant the “KOTERA-PLAZA” Project (No. DOTSUT-247). Note, that this publication is Open Access and can be reached through this link:
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.423397
