Tight-binding terahertz plasmons in chemical vapor deposited graphene

Abstract

Transistor structures comprising graphene and sub-wavelength metal gratings hold a great promise for plasmon-enhanced terahertz detection. Despite considerable theoretical effort, little experimental evidence for terahertz plasmons in such structures was found so far. Here, we report an experimental study of plasmons in graphene-insulator-grating structures using Fourier transform spectroscopy in 5-10 THz range. The plasmon resonance is clearly visible above the Drude absorption background even in chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene with low carrier mobility $\sim 10^3$ cm${}^2$/(V s). We argue that plasmon lifetime is weakly sensistive to scattering by grain boundaries and macoscopic defects which limits the mobility of CVD samples. Upon placing the grating in close proximity to graphene, the plasmon field becomes tightly bound below the metal stripes, while the resonant frequency is determined by the stripe width but not by grating period. Our results open the prospects of large-area commercially available graphene for resonant terahertz detectors.

5 pages, 5 figures

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