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ArticleACS photonics2026

Quantitative Infrared-to-Terahertz Nanospectroscopy of Semiconductors.

Lukas Wehmeier, Zijian Zhou, Makoto Tsuneto, Heze Zhao, Stephanie N Gilbert Corder, Hans A Bechtel, Vladimir A Martinez, Christopher C Homes, D N Basov, Mengkun Liu and 1 more

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Lukas WehmeierNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-953X
Zijian ZhouDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3321-9508
Makoto TsunetoDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
Heze ZhaoDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.
Stephanie N Gilbert CorderAdvanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Hans A BechtelAdvanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Vladimir A MartinezDepartment of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States.
Christopher C HomesNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States.
D N BasovDepartment of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.
Mengkun LiuNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States.
G L CarrNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States.

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Abstract

Semiconductor technology now employs few-nanometer features, necessitating tools probing electronic properties on the same length scale. While the concentration of free charge carriers is routinely measured, the scattering rate remains challenging to access at the nanoscale. Here, we present ultrabroadband (5-50 THz) synchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy as a quantitative metrology tool for semiconductors. This technique can determine both the charge carrier concentration and scattering rate with percent-level accuracy, and it is inherently capable of ∼10 nm spatial resolution. We study silicon with different doping levels and confirm the method's accuracy by statistical analysis and comparison with established far-field infrared spectroscopy. Near-field measurements systematically reveal charge-carrier concentrations ∼30% lower than far-field values, consistent with increased surface sensitivity and surface depletion. Our work establishes synchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy as a precise tool for quantitative nanoscale semiconductor characterization and paves the way toward all-optical characterization of surface depletion effects.

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drude responsefourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM)semiconductorssiliconsynchrotron infrared nanospectroscopy

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PMCPMC13495956

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