• DocumentCode
    2314930
  • Title

    THz photomixing: Comparison between horn and spiral antennas

  • Author

    Peytavit, Emilien ; Akalin, Tahsin ; Lampin, Jean-françois ; Hindle, Francis ; Yang, Chun ; Mouret, Gael

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. d´´Electron. de Microelectron. et de Nanotechnol., Univ. de Lille 1, Villeneuve-d´´Ascq, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report our investigation on low-temperature-grown GaAs THz photomixers using two different kind of antennas: silicon lens coupled spiral antenna and transverse electromagnetic horn antenna. We demonstrate that the horn radiates more power than the spiral above 600 GHz and at 2 THz the improvement is about a decade.
  • Keywords
    gallium arsenide; horn antennas; lens antennas; microwave mixers; spiral antennas; antenna radiation patterns; frequency 2 THz; low-temperature-grown THz photomixers; silicon lens coupled spiral antenna; transverse electromagnetic horn antenna; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic radiation; Frequency; Horn antennas; Lenses; Photoconductivity; Silicon; Spirals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Busan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5416-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5417-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324612
  • Filename
    5324612