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Broadband THz to NIR up-converter for photon-type THz imaging

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  • Peng Bai

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures)

  • Yueheng Zhang

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures)

  • Tianmeng Wang

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Zhanglong Fu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Dixiang Shao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ziping Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenjian Wan

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hua Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Juncheng Cao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xuguang Guo

    (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology)

  • Wenzhong Shen

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures)

Abstract

High performance terahertz imaging devices have drawn wide attention due to their significant application in healthcare, security of food and medicine, and nondestructive inspection, as well as national security applications. Here we demonstrate a broadband terahertz photon-type up-conversion imaging device, operating around the liquid helium temperature, based on the gallium arsenide homojunction interfacial workfunction internal photoemission (HIWIP)-detector-LED up-converter and silicon CCD. Such an imaging device achieves broadband response in 4.2–20 THz and can absorb the normal incident light. The peak responsivity is 0.5 AW−1. The light emitting diode leads to a 72.5% external quantum efficiency improvement compared with the one widely used in conventional up-conversion devices. A peak up-conversion efficiency of 1.14 × 10−2 is realized and the optimal noise equivalent power is 29.1 pWHz−1/2. The up-conversion imaging for a 1000 K blackbody pin-hole is demonstrated. This work provides a different imaging scheme in the terahertz band.

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  • Peng Bai & Yueheng Zhang & Tianmeng Wang & Zhanglong Fu & Dixiang Shao & Ziping Li & Wenjian Wan & Hua Li & Juncheng Cao & Xuguang Guo & Wenzhong Shen, 2019. "Broadband THz to NIR up-converter for photon-type THz imaging," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-11465-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11465-6
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