• DocumentCode
    1772331
  • Title

    Plasmonic photomixers for increased terahertz radiation powers at 1550 nm optical pump wavelength

  • Author

    Berry, Christopher W. ; Hashemi, Mohammed R. ; Preu, S. ; Lu, Hai-Han ; Gossard, Arthur C. ; Jarrahi, Mona

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate an order of magnitude higher radiated power from a 1550 nm photomixer with plasmonic contact electrodes in comparison with an analogous photomixer without plasmonic contact electrodes in the 0.25-2.5 THz frequency range.
  • Keywords
    electrodes; microwave photonics; optical pumping; plasmonics; analogous photomixer; frequency 0.25 THz to 2.5 THz; increased terahertz radiation powers; optical pump wavelength; plasmonic contact electrodes; plasmonic photomixers; wavelength 1550 nm; Electrodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989902