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- Title
Graphene Microbolometers with Superconducting Contacts for Terahertz Photon Detection.
- Authors
McKitterick, Christopher; Vora, Heli; Du, Xu; Karasik, Boris; Prober, Daniel
- Abstract
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 $$T_\mathrm {c}\approx 10$$ 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.
- Subjects
GRAPHENE; BOLOMETERS; SUPERCONDUCTING junction devices; SUBMILLIMETER waves; NOISE thermometers; PHOTON detectors
- Publication
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2014, Vol 176, Issue 3/4, p291
- ISSN
0022-2291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10909-014-1127-3