Graphene-Based terahertz antennas for area-constrained applications

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of graphene-based terahertz antennas tailored for highly integrated, area-constrained wireless communication applications, addressing challenges like propagation losses and device maturity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to designing graphene-based antennas optimized for terahertz frequencies in space-limited environments.

Findings

Graphene antennas show promising performance at terahertz frequencies.

Potential for low power and area-efficient wireless communication devices.

Addressed key challenges in device maturity and propagation losses.

Abstract

Terahertz technology has made significant advances in the fields of spectroscopy, imaging and, more recently, wireless communications. In the latter, the use of this frequency band between 0.1 and 10 THz becomes extremely attractive due to the abundance of bandwidth and the potential for low area and power footprints, yet challenging given the large propagation losses and the lack of mature devices and circuits for terahertz operation. Maturity issues aside, this combination of features renders terahertz wireless communications desirable for highly integrated applications where area may be a decisive metric.