Millimeter And Terahertz Detectors Based On Plasmon Excitation In Ingaas/Inp Hemt Devices

Recent progress in the investigation of millimeter-wave and THz detectors based on plasmon excitation in the twodimensional electron gas (2DEG) of a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is reported. A tunable resonant polarized photoresponse to mm-wave radiation in the frequency range of 40 to 110 GHz is demonstrated for a gratinggated InGaAs/InP based device. The gate consisted of a metal grating with period of 9 μm specifically designed for excitation of sub-THz plasmons. The resonant excitation of plasmons, which shifts with gate-bias, changes the channel conductance. This resonant change in channel conductance enables potential applications in chip-scale frequency-agile detectors, which can be scaled to mid-THz frequencies. © 2013 Copyright SPIE