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Tungsten-doped vanadium dioxide (VO2) films enable efficient terahertz (THz) modulators. These devices offer high modulation depths over broad frequency bands, crucial for future THz communications.

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  • Electromagnetics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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  • Terahertz (THz) amplitude modulators and switches are essential components for future THz communication systems.
  • Current THz modulators struggle with achieving high modulation depths across wide frequency bands and require electrical control for practical applications.
  • Existing devices often fail to meet the demands for reliable, large-area, and broadband THz modulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential of W-doped VO2 films for developing efficient THz wave modulators.
  • To demonstrate the electrical control over the insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) in VO2 for THz modulation.
  • To achieve reliable, large-area, and broadband THz modulation with high modulation depths.

Main Methods:

  • Direct-current magnetron sputtering for growing W-doped VO2 films.
  • In situ/operando X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy for characterizing structural and electronic properties.
  • Resistivity measurements and time-domain THz spectroscopy to evaluate modulation performance.

Main Results:

  • W doping allows tuning of the IMT temperature and controls the topology of the electrically activated transition in VO2.
  • Structural distortions induced by W doping are responsible for the observed changes in IMT spatial distribution.
  • Demonstrated VO2-based devices with electrically triggered IMT over large areas (3.8 × 10 mm2) achieving 96% modulation depths from 0.2-2 THz.

Conclusions:

  • W-doped VO2 films are highly effective for creating reliable, large-area, broadband THz modulators.
  • Electrical control over the IMT in W-doped VO2 is a viable strategy for advanced THz modulation.
  • These findings pave the way for practical implementation of efficient THz communication systems.