Sub-THz Photonic-Transmitters Based on Separated-Transport-Recombination Photodiodes and a Micromachined Slot Antenna

Author

Li, Yu-Tai ; Shi, J.-W. ; Pan, Ci-Ling ; Chiu, C.-H. ; Liu, W.-S. ; Chen, Nan-Wei ; Sun, C.-K. ; Chyi, J.-I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu

Volume

19

Issue

11

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

840

Lastpage

842

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel photonic transmitter, which is composed of a low-temperature-grown GaAs (LTG-GaAs)-based separated-transport-recombination photodiode and a micromachined slot antenna. Under femtosecond optical pulse illumination, this device radiates strong electrical pulses (4.5-mW peak power) without the use of a Si-lens. It can be observed in the Fourier transform infrared spectrometer spectrum of radiated pulses that a significant resonance, with a peak power of approximately 300 muW, occurs at 500 GHz, which corresponds to the designed resonant frequency of the slot antenna. The saturation problem related to the output terahertz power that occurs with the traditional LTG-GaAs-based photonic-transmitters when operated under high external applied electrical fields (>50 kV/cm) has been eliminated by the use of our device

Keywords

infrared spectrometers; micromachining; microwave photonics; optical transmitters; photodiodes; slot antennas; 4.5 mW; 500 GHz; Fourier transform infrared spectrometer; GaAs; micromachined slot antenna; photodiode; separated-transport-recombination; subTHz photonic transmitter; Fourier transforms; Gallium arsenide; Infrared spectra; Lighting; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Photodiodes; Slot antennas; Transmitting antennas; Ultrafast optics; Low-temperature-grown GaAs (LTG-GaAs); photonic transmitter; terahertz (THz);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.897439

Filename

4200786