Toward high-power terahertz emitters using large aperture ZnSe photoconductive antennas

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-186

  Ropagnol, X ^a   Morandotti, R ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Reid, M ^b  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

second harmonic generation; semiconductor materials; terahertz; Terahertz (THz) sources; two photon processes

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; BAND GAPS; BAND-GAP EXCITATION; BIAS FIELD; FREE SPACE; GAAS SUBSTRATES; HIGH-POWER; LARGE APERTURE; OPTICAL FLUENCES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNAS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SATURATION FLUENCE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ EMITTERS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ EMITTERS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 79952392462     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2116112     Document Type: Article

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