• DocumentCode
    2661127
  • Title

    Milliwatt THz ouptut power from a photoconductive switch

  • Author

    Brown, E.R.

  • Author_Institution
    P.O. Box 1574, La Canada, CA 91012, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    12-14 Dec. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    This paper reports a recent switch design that produces milliwatt average power level into free space when pumped by a modest fiber mode-locked laser at ~780 nm. The present PC switch design is based on ultrafast epitaxial GaAs with embedded ErAs nanoparticles grown by molecular beam epitaxy at standard temperatures (>500 degC). The ErAs nanoparticles play a similar role to the arsenic precipitates in low-temperature-grown ultrafast GaAs.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; erbium compounds; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; laser mode locking; molecular beam epitaxial growth; nanoparticles; photoconducting switches; ErAs; GaAs; PC switch design; arsenic precipitates; fiber mode-locked laser; free space; milliwatt THz ouptut power; molecular beam epitaxy; nanoparticles; photoconductive switch; Fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Nanoparticles; Optical design; Photoconductivity; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2007 International
  • Conference_Location
    College Park, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1892-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1892-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISDRS.2007.4422509
  • Filename
    4422509