• 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