Graphene as thin film infrared optoelectronic sensor

Abstract

We present the conductometric behavior of a single atomic carbon nanostructure (graphene) that could be promising to infrared optoelectronic applications. A graphene nanomanipulation system with focused infrared laser source for optoelectronic property characterizations is implemented. The feasibility of mechanical and electrical probing manipulations on two-dimensional thin film nanostructures is studied. Using this system, we revealed the infrared optoelectronic properties of mono- and multilayer graphene. The obtained optoelectronic parameters are compared to the single- and multi-walled nanotubes. A graphene infrared sensor is prototyped by direct writing of electrodes using gold nanoink fountain-pen method and is analyzed by electrical probing. Results show that graphene could be a promising building block for thin film optoelectronic devices.