Title :
Tunable and reconfigurable narrow-band THz generation using photoconductive antennas and chirped-pulse mixing
Author :
Palací, Jesùs ; Vidal, Borja
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
Experiments showing generation and control of electromagnetic radiation between 200 GHz and 1 THz using 1550 nm photoconductive antennas and chirped optical pulses are reported. Tunability and reconfigurability are experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
antennas; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical information processing; photoconducting devices; terahertz wave generation; chirped optical pulses; chirped pulse mixing; electromagnetic radiation control; electromagnetic radiation generation; frequency 200 GHz to 1 THz; photoconductive antennas; reconfigurability; reconfigurable narrow band THz generation; tunability; tunable narrow band THz generation; wavelength 1550 nm; Chirp; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Terahertz photonics; millimeter-wave generation; optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-716-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2011.6088707
