A review of THz technologies for rapid sensing and detection of viruses including SARS-CoV-2

N Akter, MM Hasan, N Pala - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Virus epidemics such as Ebola virus, Zika virus, MERS-coronavirus, and others have
wreaked havoc on humanity in the last decade. In addition, a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) …

Optically pumped terahertz sources

K Zhong, W Shi, DG Xu, PX Liu, YY Wang… - Science China …, 2017 - Springer
High-power terahertz (THz) generation in the frequency range of 0.1–10 THz has been a fast-
developing research area ever since the beginning of the THz boom two decades ago …

Nonlinearities of organic electro-optic materials in nanoscale slots and implications for the optimum modulator design

W Heni, C Haffner, DL Elder, AF Tillack… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The performance of highly nonlinear organic electro-optic (EO) materials incorporated into
nanoscale slots is examined. It is shown that EO coefficients as large as 190 pm/V can be …

Transition from capacitive coupling to direct charge transfer in asymmetric terahertz plasmonic assemblies

A Ahmadivand, R Sinha, B Gerislioglu, M Karabiyik… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally and numerically analyze the charge transfer THz plasmons using an
asymmetric plasmonic assembly of metallic V-shaped blocks. The asymmetric design of the …

A graphene-based THz ring resonator for label-free sensing

F Zangeneh-Nejad, R Safian - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report on a novel resonant THz sensor for label-free analysis. The structure
consists of a silicon nitride dielectric ring resonator vertically coupled to a thin layer of …

All-dielectric terahertz metalens using 3D-printing

D Jang, H Ryu, I Maeng, S Lee, M Seo, SJ Oh… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves offer a new way of understanding various
phenomena, owing to their non-ionizing properties resulting from their low energy, and non …

Observation of wide-angle impedance matching in terahertz photonic crystals

S Li, Y Wang, W Zhang, W Lu, B Hou… - New Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Reflection due to impedance mismatch at interfaces of different materials is undesired in
many THz applications including THz communication, spectroscopy and imaging. In this …

Tunable extreme energy transfer of terahertz waves with graphene in a nested cavity

F Hu, S Chen, R Wang, Y Meng, Q Liu, M Gong - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Energy transfer is an essential light-matter interaction. The transfer efficiency is critical for
various applications such as light-emitting, optical modulation, and the photoelectric effect …

Excitation of terahertz charge transfer plasmons in metallic fractal structures

A Ahmadivand, B Gerislioglu, R Sinha… - Journal of Infrared …, 2017 - Springer
There have been extensive researches on terahertz (THz) plasmonic structures supporting
resonant modes to demonstrate nano and microscale devices with high efficiency and …

Investigation of graphene-supported tunable asymmetric terahertz metamaterials

C Shi, X He, F Liu, F Lin, H Zhang - JOSA B, 2018 - opg.optica.org
By integrating a graphene layer with asymmetric split-ring metamaterial (MM) metal
resonators, we investigated tunable propagation properties in the terahertz regime …