Optoelectronic Mixing in High-Mobility Graphene
Louiza Hamidouche, Alberto Montanaro, Michaël Rosticher, Eva Grimaldi, B. Poupet, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Bernard Plaçais, Emmanuel Baudin, P. Legagneux
Abstract
High-mobility hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/graphene/hBN heterostructures are able to reach intrinsic limits of transport. Here, we investigate optoelectronic mixing, which is a demanding function combining efficient photodetection and fast carrier dynamics. Using such a heterostructure embedded in a coplanar waveguide, we obtain a record conversion efficiency of about −40 dB for frequencies up to 65 GHz. This performance is obtained at high doping in the photobolometric regime. We provide a microscopic model of the photodetection, which accurately describes the experimental observations, allows the assessment of the intrinsic limits of our device, and paves the way for device optimization by revealing the different mechanisms at play.