Planillo Jordan, Grbovic Dragoslav, Alves Fabio
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA.
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA, USA.
Sci Rep. 2024 Jun 16;14(1):13879. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-64051-2.
A solid-state implementation of a cyclotron radiation source consisting of arrays of semicircular geometries was designed, fabricated, and characterized on commercially available graphene on hBN substrates. Using a 10 µm design radius and device width, respectively, such devices were expected to emit a continuous band of radiation spanning from 3 to 6 GHz with a power 3.96 nW. A peak emission was detected at 4.15 GHz with an effective array gain of 22 dB. This is the first known experimental measurement of cyclotron radiation from a curved planar graphene geometry. With scaling, it may be possible achieve frequencies in the THz range with such a device.
设计、制造并表征了一种由半圆形几何结构阵列组成的回旋辐射源的固态器件,该器件基于商业可得的hBN衬底上的石墨烯。分别采用10 µm的设计半径和器件宽度,预计此类器件能发射出3至6 GHz的连续辐射带,功率为3.96 nW。在4.15 GHz处检测到峰值发射,有效阵列增益为22 dB。这是首次对弯曲平面石墨烯几何结构产生的回旋辐射进行的已知实验测量。通过缩放,使用这种器件有可能实现太赫兹范围内的频率。