• DocumentCode
    2715603
  • Title

    Improving photoconductive receivers for 1.5 μm CW THz systems

  • Author

    Stanze, D. ; Roehle, H. ; Dietz, R.J.B. ; Hensel, H.J. ; Schmidt, D. ; Bach, H.-G. ; Schell, M. ; Sartorius, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich Hertz Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Implementation of interdigital electrodes and etching isolating trenches has improved InGaAs/InAlAs photoconductive antennas. The signal-to-noise ratio of continuous wave systems at 1.5 μm has been increased up to 80 dB and its operation range up to 2.1 THz.
  • Keywords
    receivers; receiving antennas; terahertz waves; THz system; continuous wave system; etching; interdigital electrode; photoconductive antenna; photoconductive receivers; signal-to-noise ratio; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Electrodes; Etching; Indium compounds; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612760
  • Filename
    5612760