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T1 - Contactless graphene conductivity mapping on a wide range of substrates with terahertz time-domain reflection spectroscopy
AU - Lin, Hungyen
AU - Braeuninger-Weimer, Philipp
AU - Kamboj, Varun S.
AU - Jessop, David S.
AU - Degl'innocenti, Riccardo
AU - Beere, Harvey E.
AU - Ritchie, David A.
AU - Zeitler, J. Axel
AU - Hofmann, Stephan
PY - 2017/9/6
Y1 - 2017/9/6
N2 - We demonstrate how terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) operating in reflection geometry can be used for quantitative conductivity mapping of large area chemical vapour deposited graphene films on sapphire, silicon dioxide/silicon and germanium. We validate the technique against measurements performed with previously established conventional transmission based THz-TDS and are able to resolve conductivity changes in response to induced back-gate voltages. Compared to the transmission geometry, measurement in reflection mode requires careful alignment and complex analysis, but circumvents the need of a terahertz transparent substrate, potentially enabling fast, contactless, in-line characterisation of graphene films on non-insulating substrates such as germanium.
AB - We demonstrate how terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) operating in reflection geometry can be used for quantitative conductivity mapping of large area chemical vapour deposited graphene films on sapphire, silicon dioxide/silicon and germanium. We validate the technique against measurements performed with previously established conventional transmission based THz-TDS and are able to resolve conductivity changes in response to induced back-gate voltages. Compared to the transmission geometry, measurement in reflection mode requires careful alignment and complex analysis, but circumvents the need of a terahertz transparent substrate, potentially enabling fast, contactless, in-line characterisation of graphene films on non-insulating substrates such as germanium.
KW - Graphene
KW - Imaging and sensing
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-017-09809-7
DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-09809-7
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85028943994
VL - 7
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
SN - 2045-2322
IS - 1
M1 - 10625
ER -