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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324612
