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Terahertz Detectors Based on Silicon Technology Field Effect Transistors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2012

Wojciech Knap ,
Franz Schuster ,
Dominique Coquillat ,
Frédéric Teppe ,
Benoît Giffard ,
Dmytro B. But ,
Oleksander G. Golenkov  and
Fedor F. Sizov
Wojciech Knap
Affiliation:
Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, TERALAB-GIS, L2C UMR 5221, 34095 Montpellier, France
Franz Schuster
Affiliation:
Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, TERALAB-GIS, L2C UMR 5221, 34095 Montpellier, France CEA-LETI, MINATEC Campus, 38054 Grenoble, France
Dominique Coquillat
Affiliation:
Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, TERALAB-GIS, L2C UMR 5221, 34095 Montpellier, France
Frédéric Teppe
Affiliation:
Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, TERALAB-GIS, L2C UMR 5221, 34095 Montpellier, France
Benoît Giffard
Affiliation:
CEA-LETI, MINATEC Campus, 38054 Grenoble, France
Dmytro B. But
Affiliation:
Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, TERALAB-GIS, L2C UMR 5221, 34095 Montpellier, France Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 41 Nauki Ave., 03028 Kiev, Ukraine
Oleksander G. Golenkov
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 41 Nauki Ave., 03028 Kiev, Ukraine
Fedor F. Sizov
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 41 Nauki Ave., 03028 Kiev, Ukraine
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Abstract

The concept of THz detection based on excitation of plasma waves in two-dimensional electron gas in Si FETs is one of the most attractive ones, as it makes possible the development of the large-scale integrated devices based on a conventional microelectronic technology including on-chip antennas and readout devices integration. In this work we report on investigations of Terahertz detectors based on low-cost silicon technology field effect transistors. We show that detectors, consisting of a coupling antenna and a n-MOS field effect transistor as rectifying element, are efficient for THz detection and imaging. We demonstrate that in the atmospheric window around 300 GHz, these detectors can achieve a record noise equivalent power below 10 pW/Hz0.5 and a responsivity above 90 kV/W once integrated with on-chip amplifier. We show also that they can be used in a very wide frequency range: from ∼0.2 THz up to 1.1 THz. THz detection by Si FETs pave the way towards high sensitivity silicon technology based focal plane arrays for THz imaging.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1437: Symposium L – Group IV Photonics for Sensing and Imaging , 2012 , mrss12-1437-l07-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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