Performance of Graphene Thermal Photon Detectors
Chris B. McKitterick, Daniel E. Prober, and Boris S. Karasik
TL;DR
This paper evaluates graphene microstructures as thermal photon detectors, identifying optimal conditions for single-photon detection at terahertz frequencies, including analysis of linear and non-linear response regimes.
Contribution
It provides a detailed analysis of the linear response range and the effects of non-linear operation in graphene thermal photon detectors, proposing feasible single-photon detection at THz frequencies.
Findings
Sensitive detection is possible beyond the linear response range.
Optimal conditions for single-photon detection at THz frequencies are identified.
Saturation effects and non-linear responses are thoroughly characterized.
Abstract
We analyze the performance of graphene microstructures as thermal photon detectors and deduce the range of parameters that define a linear response. The saturation effects of a graphene thermal detector that operates beyond the linear range are described in detail for a single-photon detector (calorimeter). We compute the effect of operating beyond this linear range and find that sensitive detection occurs for such non-linear operation. We identify the optimum conditions and find that single-photon detection at terahertz (THz) frequencies should be feasible.
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