Optimization of photomixers and antennas for continuous-wave terahertz emission

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 717-728

  Gregory, Ian S ^a,b   Baker, Colin ^b   Tribe, William R ^b   Bradley, Ian V ^b   Evans, Michael J ^b   Linfield, Edmund H ^c   Davies, A Giles ^c   Missous, Mohamed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (CW); LT GaAs; Photoconductive antenna; Photomixer; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCONDUCTING DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE (CW) TERAHERTZ EMISSION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNA; PHOTOMIXERS; PLANAR ANTENNAS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 19344372717     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.844471     Document Type: Article

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