Tunable continuous-wave terahertz generation/detection with compact 1.55 μm detuned dual-mode laser diode and InGaAs based photomixer

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15397-15403

  Kim, Namje ^a   Han, Sang Pil ^a   Ko, Hyunsung ^a   Leem, Young Ahn ^a   Ryu, Han Cheol ^a   Lee, Chul Wook ^a   Lee, Donghun ^a   Jeon, Min Yong ^b   Noh, Sam Kyu ^c   Park, Kyung Hyun ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

BEAT FREQUENCY; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTINUOUS-WAVE TERAHERTZ; DETUNED; DUAL-MODE LASERS; FAST SCANNING; HOMODYNES; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOTOMIXERS; TERAHERTZ; THZ RADIATION; THZ WAVES;

TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASERS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTORS; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961054467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015397     Document Type: Article

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