• DocumentCode
    2675481
  • Title

    Theory and design of Smith-Purcell semiconductor THz sources

  • Author

    Smith, Don ; Belyanin, Alexey

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We recently proposed a room-temperature semiconductor THz source that operates via Smith-Purcell radiation of Gunn domains. We present simulation results of an optimized narrowband design that generates 0.4mW at 0.3THz and 1.1uW at 2.5THz and discuss preliminary results towards the design of a room-temperature chip-scale THz synthesizer.
  • Keywords
    Gunn diodes; submillimetre wave diodes; Gunn domain; Smith-Purcell radiation; frequency 0.3 THz; frequency 2.5 THz; power 0.4 mW; power 1.1 muW; room-temperature semiconductor THz source; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Electric fields; Frequency domain analysis; Gratings; Materials; Semiconductor diodes; Synthesizers; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Houston, TX
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0510-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105075
  • Filename
    6105075