期刊
JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
卷 176, 期 3-4, 页码 291-298出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-014-1127-3
关键词
Graphene; Hot-electron bolometer; Terahertz
资金
- NSF [DMR-0907082]
- IBM
- Yale University
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- AFOSR-YIP Award [FA9550-10-1-0090]
We report on noise and thermal conductance measurements taken in order to determine an upper bound on the performance of graphene as a terahertz photon detector. The main mechanism for sensitive terahertz detection in graphene is bolometric heating of the electron system. To study the properties of a device using this mechanism to detect terahertz photons, we perform Johnson noise thermometry measurements on graphene samples. These measurements probe the electron-phonon behavior of graphene on silicon dioxide at low temperatures. Because the electron-phonon coupling is weak in graphene, superconducting contacts with large gap are used to confine the hot electrons and prevent their out-diffusion. We use niobium nitride leads with a K to contact the graphene. We find these leads make good ohmic contact with very low contact resistance. Our measurements find an electron-phonon thermal conductance that depends quadratically on temperature above 4 K and is compatible with single terahertz photon detection.
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