Terahertz time domain spectroscopy and imaging: Emerging techniques for food process monitoring and quality control

Gowen, Aoife; O'Sullivan, Créidhe M.; O’Donnell, Colm P.

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2011.12.006

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“…Generation and detection of radiation across the far infrared or Terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum is promising for a large variety of strategic applications, 1 ranging from biomedical diagnostics 2 to process and quality control, 3 homeland security 1 and environmental monitoring. 4 Due to its non-ionizing nature, 1 THz radiation can penetrate many commonly used dielectrics, 1 otherwise opaque for visible and mid-infrared light, allowing detection of specific spectroscopic features 5 with a sub-millimeter diffractionlimited resolution.…”

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High performance bilayer-graphene terahertz detectors

Spirito

Coquillat

Bonis

et al. 2014

Applied Physics Letters

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We report bilayer-graphene field effect transistors operating as THz broadband photodetectors based on plasma-waves excitation. By employing wide-gate geometries or buried gate configurations, we achieve a responsivity~1.2V/W (1.3 mA/W) and a noise equivalent power~2×10 -9 W/√Hz in the 0.29-0.38THz range, in photovoltage and photocurrent mode. The potential of this technology for scalability to higher frequencies and the development of flexible devices makes our approach competitive for a future generation of THz detection systems.Generation and detection of radiation across the far infrared or Terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum is promising for a large variety of strategic applications, 1 ranging from biomedical diagnostics 2 to process and quality control, 3 homeland security 1 and environmental monitoring. 4 Due to its non-ionizing nature, 1 THz radiation can penetrate many commonly used dielectrics, 1 otherwise opaque for visible and mid-infrared light, allowing detection of specific spectroscopic features 5 with a sub-millimeter diffractionlimited resolution. µV/W and operating in photovoltage mode at much higher frequencies (2.5 THz).Here we report THz detectors operating at RT in either photovoltage or photocurrent mode with a significant enhancement of sensitivity and lowered NEPs compared to the state of the art. This is achieved by using either large (1 µm) gate lengths, or buried gate geometries on a bilayer graphene (BLG) FET. We use BLG instead of single layer graphene (SLG) since the modulation of carrier density was proved to be more effective in the former case, 19 allowing a higher responsivity at THz frequencies.The devices are prepared as follows. Flakes are mechanically exfoliated from graphite 24 on an intrinsic Si substrate covered with 300nm SiO 2 . BLGs are selected and identified by a combination of optical microscopy 25 and Raman spectroscopy. 26,27 These are then used to fabricate two sets of FETs (samples A, B). In A, source (S) and drain (D) contacts are patterned by electron beam lithography (EBL) and metal evaporation (5nm Cr /80 nm Au). The S contact is connected to one lobe of a 50° bow-tie antenna, and D to a 3 metal pad. After placement of 35nm HfO 2 by atomic layer deposition (ALD), the other lobe of the antenna is fabricated, and constitutes the FET gate (g). The channel length is L SD = 2.5 m, while the gate length w G =1 m (Fig. 1a). In B, one lobe of a log-periodic circular-toothed antenna is fabricated by EBL and metal evaporation to act as buried gate. After deposition of 35 nm HfO 2 by ALD, S and D electrodes are fabricated.Similar to sample A, S is the second lobe of the antenna, while the drain is a metal line connecting to a bonding pad. The channel length is 2.5 m, its width 7.5 m, while w G = 0.3m (Fig. 1b). A BLG flake is then placed onto the pre-fabricated electrodes by wet transfer. 28 Fig. 2 compares the Raman spectra of the flake prior and after placement onto the electrodes. The "2D" peak shows the characteristic multi-band s...

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High performance bilayer-graphene terahertz detectors

Spirito

Coquillat

Bonis

et al. 2014

Applied Physics Letters

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“…Therefore, the pulsed imaging is widely employed in various commercial/research imaging systems for online or offline inspections. 10,11 However, there are some limitations of working with the THz-TDS system. 12 Specifically, the THz imaging based on TDS systems is limited due to the low optical power.…”

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Terahertz imaging using photomixers based on quantum well photodetectors

Zhou

Wan

et al. 2017

AIP Advances

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Due to the fast intersubband transitions, the terahertz (THz) quantum well photodetector (QWP) is supposed to work fast. Recently it has been demonstrated that the THz QWP can detect the THz light modulated at 6.2 GHz and therefore it can be used as a photomixer [H. Li et al., Sci. Rep. 7, 3452 (2017)]. In this work, the authors report a novel active THz imaging using THz QWP photomixers. The THz radiation source used for this imaging application is a multi-mode THz quantum cascade laser (QCL) operating in continuous wave mode. When the fast THz QWP is illuminated by the multi-mode THz radiation, the intermediate frequency signal that is resulted from the frequency beating between the neighbouring THz modes of the QCL can be extracted from the QWP mesa for imaging applications. Employing the technique, the frequency can be down-converted from the THz range to the microwave regime. And therefore, the signal can then be amplified, filtered, and detected using the mature microwave technology.

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“…Source: [6] THz detectors are desirable since the electromagnetic radiation in this region have the ability to penetrate most non-metallic, non-polar materials, while also having the distinct advantage of being non-ionizing [6]. Due to these distinctive properties, the technology can be utilized for advanced personnel security screening, food inspection, and medical diagnostics, among many other uses [2,8,9]. The ability for nondestructive evaluation and inspection is evident over a wide range of materials that exhibit THz spectral characteristics, including human body tissue [3,10].…”

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“…Recent developments in quantum cascade THz lasers and metamaterial-based THz absorbers allow design of compact imaging systems. These metamaterial-based sensor designs, which will be discussed in this thesis, have increased the potential applications in the THz region [8,10].…”

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Metamaterial Resonant Absorbers for Terahertz Sensing

Stinson¹

2015

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Terahertz time domain spectroscopy and imaging: Emerging techniques for food process monitoring and quality control

Cited by 197 publications

References 36 publications

High performance bilayer-graphene terahertz detectors

High performance bilayer-graphene terahertz detectors

Terahertz imaging using photomixers based on quantum well photodetectors

Metamaterial Resonant Absorbers for Terahertz Sensing

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