• DocumentCode
    2651415
  • Title

    Photoconductive terahertz antenna with radial symmetry

  • Author

    Deibel, J.A. ; Escarra, M.D. ; Mittleman, Daniel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1239
  • Abstract
    The use of coaxial waveguides with terahertz pulses requires the difficult excitation of the radially polarized fundamental mode of the waveguide. We propose a radially symmetric terahertz antenna and present simulations predicting the generation of a radially polarized beam.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; coaxial waveguides; electromagnetic wave polarisation; photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave antennas; symmetry; coaxial waveguides; photoconductive terahertz antenna; radial symmetry; radially polarized fundamental mode; terahertz pulses; Coaxial components; Computational modeling; Dielectric substrates; Dipole antennas; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Quantum computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549091
  • Filename
    1549091