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Enhanced performance of a fast GaAs-based terahertz modulator via surface passivation

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PHOTONICS RESEARCH
卷 9, 期 11, 页码 2230-2236

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CHINESE LASER PRESS
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.438196

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  1. Science Challenge Project [TZ2018003]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61831012]
  3. International Science and Technology Cooperation Programme [2015DFR50870]
  4. Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program [2021JDTD0026]

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Surface-modified semiconductors, such as passivated GaAs, show potential for enhancing THz modulation performance with increased MD and faster modulation speed. Despite longer carrier lifetime, passivated GaAs modulator achieves a high MD of up to 94% at speeds of 69 MHz in a wide spectral range.
Surface-modified semiconductors show enormous potential for opto-terahertz (THz) spatial modulation due to their enhanced modulation depth (MD) along with their inherent broad bandwidth. Taking full advantage of the surface modification, a performance-enhanced, all-optical, fast switchable THz modulator was achieved here based on the surface-passivated GaAs wafer. With a decreased surface recombination rate and prolonged carrier lifetime induced by passivation, S-passivated GaAs was demonstrated as a viable candidate to enhance THz modulation performance in MD, especially at low photodoping levels. Despite a degraded modulation rate owing to the longer carrier lifetime, this passivated GaAs modulator simultaneously realizes a fast modulation at a 69-MHz speed and as high an MD as similar to 94% in a spectral wideband of 0.2-1.2 THz. The results demonstrated a new strategy to alleviate the tradeoff between high MD and speed in contrast to bare surfaces or heterogeneous films/unusual geometry on semiconductors including Si, Ge, and GaAs. (C) 2021 Chinese Laser Press

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