Published November 24, 2008 | Version v1
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Carrier concentration dependence of terahertz transmission on conducting ZnO films

  • 1. Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444 (China)
  • 2. Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China)
  • 3. National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083 (China)

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With the dc reactive magnetron sputtering method, conducting ZnO thin films with different carrier concentrations on glass substrate were fabricated. The dielectric responses of the ZnO films are characterized with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Frequency-dependent conductivity, power absorption, and refractive index are obtained, and the experimental results can be well reproduced with the classic Drude model. Our results reveal that by adjusting the carrier concentration of the ZnO film, the conducting ZnO film can serve as broadband antireflection coatings for substrates and optics in the terahertz frequency range

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
93
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 211101-211101.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics