Organic conjugated material-based broadband terahertz wave modulators

Abstract

A simple and efficient broadband terahertz (THz) wave modulator based on an organic conjugated material thin film, 200-nm thick organic copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) film, deposited on a Si wafer was proposed. External laser beams significantly decrease the transmittance of THz pulses through the CuPc film over all frequency of the pulse. Modulation efficiency reaches as high as 55% under a cw-laser beam of 80 mW. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3626591]