Large HgTe nanocrystals for THz technology
1 : Laboratoire de physique de lÉNS - ENS Paris
École normale supérieure - Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres, Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8023, Université de Paris
24, rue Lhomond75005 Paris -
France
2 : Institut des Nanosciences de Paris
Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7588
Sorbonne-Université, Case 840 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05 -
France
Large HgTe nanocrystals (~100nm) grown by colloidal synthesis show attractive properties for the development of advanced THz optoelectronic devices as they exhibit strong absorption in the THz range and hot carrier lifetimes of few picoseconds.