Title :
Integration of resonant tunneling diode with Terahertz photonic-crystal waveguide and its application to gigabit terahertz-wave communications
Author :
Suminokura, Asako ; Tsuruda, Kazuisao ; Mukai, Toshiharu ; Fujita, Masayuki ; Nagatsuma, Tadao
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Japan
Abstract :
We integrate a resonant tunneling diode chip with a terahertz-wave photonic-crystal waveguide for the development of terahertz-wave integrated circuits. The propagation frequency band of the photonic-crystal waveguide is successfully observed from the integrated device through the resonant tunneling diode as a terahertz detector. Finally, we achieve 3-Gbit/s error-free terahertz-wave communication using the device in the 300-GHz band.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; resonant tunnelling diodes; terahertz wave detectors; bandwidth 300 GHz; bit rate 3 Gbit/s; error-free terahertz-wave communication; gigabit terahertz-wave communications; integrated device; propagation frequency band; resonant tunneling diode chip; resonant tunneling diode integration; terahertz detector; terahertz-wave integrated circuit development; terahertz-wave photonic-crystal waveguide; Couplings; Electromagnetic waveguides; Microwave communication; Microwave photonics; Resonant tunneling devices; Substrates; photonic crystal; resonant tunneling diode; terahertz communications; terahertz wave;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP) and the 2014 9th Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP), 2014 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2014.6994588