DocumentCode
3287066
Title
Demonstration of free space transmission from a THz quantum cascade laser to a quantum well detector
Author
Grant, P.D. ; Dudek, R. ; Laframboise, S. ; Graf, M. ; Wasilewski, Z.R. ; Liu, H.C.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Microstruct. Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
fYear
2009
fDate
25-28 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
1096
Lastpage
1098
Abstract
A demonstration of a THz free space transmitter/receiver link using only 2 quantum well semiconductor devices is described. A GaAs/AlGaAs QCL operating at 3.8 THz was used to transmit music to a GaAs/AlGaAs QW detector through an air pah of 2 meters.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; optical links; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave detectors; wide band gap semiconductors; GaAs-AlGaAs; distance 2 m; free space transmission; frequency 3.8 THz; quantum cascade laser; quantum well detector; quantum well semiconductor devices; Quantum cascade lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sensors, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location
Christchurch
ISSN
1930-0395
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4548-6
Electronic_ISBN
1930-0395
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398567
Filename
5398567
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