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. 2020 May 21;11:2535. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16370-x

Fig. 1. Modulation depth versus excitation power.

Fig. 1

ac The investigated modulation geometries; transmission, reflection and total internal reflection (TIR) respectively. A CW optical pump (450 nm) photo-excites a conductive layer (indicated by σ) in silicon. A THz beam is launched at the conductive layer and a detector collects the radiation in the direction indicated by “out” in each geometry. The incident angles of the THz beam onto the conductive layer are 8.5°, 8.5° and 30°, respectively. Note that the same silicon wafer used in a and b was placed onto top of the silicon prism in c for truthful comparison. d THz modulation depth as a function of pump fluence for the different geometries in ac with the dashed lines being modeling.