• DocumentCode
    1612889
  • Title

    Improving photoconductive THz antennas for 1.5 µm operation

  • Author

    Dietz, R.J.B. ; Roehle, H. ; Hensel, H.J. ; Böttcher, J. ; Künzel, H. ; Stanze, D. ; Schlak, M. ; Schell, M. ; Sartorius, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    43
  • Abstract
    Terahertz antennas for 1.5 μm operation are improved by mesa-etching of the InGaAs/InAlAs photoconductive layers. The performance in terms of dark current, signal amplitude and bandwidth has been improved significantly.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; etching; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical fabrication; photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave antennas; terahertz wave devices; InGaAs-InAlAs; dark current; mesa etching; photoconductive layer; photoconductive terahertz antenna; signal amplitude; wavelength 1.5 μm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Majorca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5240-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5241-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421974
  • Filename
    5421974