• DocumentCode
    2261671
  • Title

    Terahertz emission from charge transport in inhomogeneous fields

  • Author

    Acuna, Guillermo P. ; Buersgens, Federico F. ; Lang, Christian ; Kersting, Roland

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics & Optoelectron. Group, Munich Univ., Munich
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study terahertz emission due to charge transport in inhomogeneous fields of semiconductor devices. The dependence on the applied field unveils individual constituents such as intervalley transfer of electrons and the contribution of hole transport.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; semiconductor devices; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre waves; charge transport; hole transport; intervalley electron transfer; semiconductor devices; terahertz emission; Acceleration; Charge carrier processes; Effective mass; Electrodes; Electron emission; Electron optics; Nonuniform electric fields; Photonics; Semiconductor devices; Stimulated emission; (020.1670) Coherent optical effects; (260.3090) Infrared, far; (320.5390) Picosecond phenomena;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572574