Henning, Ian D and Adams, Michael J and Vaughan, Martin and Abraham, Thomas and Sun, Yun and Dyson, Angela and Moodie, David G and Rogers, Dave C and Cannard, Paul J and Dosanjh, Sukhjiban and Skuse, Mark and Firth, Richard J (2011) Novel Antenna-Integrated Photodiodes With Strained Absorbers Designed for Use as Terahertz Sources. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 17 (1). pp. 202-209. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/jstqe.2010.2049196
Henning, Ian D and Adams, Michael J and Vaughan, Martin and Abraham, Thomas and Sun, Yun and Dyson, Angela and Moodie, David G and Rogers, Dave C and Cannard, Paul J and Dosanjh, Sukhjiban and Skuse, Mark and Firth, Richard J (2011) Novel Antenna-Integrated Photodiodes With Strained Absorbers Designed for Use as Terahertz Sources. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 17 (1). pp. 202-209. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/jstqe.2010.2049196
Henning, Ian D and Adams, Michael J and Vaughan, Martin and Abraham, Thomas and Sun, Yun and Dyson, Angela and Moodie, David G and Rogers, Dave C and Cannard, Paul J and Dosanjh, Sukhjiban and Skuse, Mark and Firth, Richard J (2011) Novel Antenna-Integrated Photodiodes With Strained Absorbers Designed for Use as Terahertz Sources. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 17 (1). pp. 202-209. DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/jstqe.2010.2049196
Abstract
We present experimental results on the performance of antenna-integrated photodiodes intended for use as photomixers to provide a tunable broadband source of terahertz (THz) radiation. In a balanced strain-absorber structure, we show that the introduction of strain has proved effective in enhancing the performance at frequencies above 500 GHz. A comparison of strained and unstrained devices confirms this claim. These structures are integrated with a range of antennas, including log periodic and slothorn types, designed for wideband THz emission. Using the devices as photomixers for the outputs from a DFB laser and an external cavity laser in the 1550 nm telecom window, tunable emission is demonstrated over the range from 100 GHz to 1.8 THz. © 2010 IEEE.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Photodetectors; planar antenna; strain; submillimeter-wave generation |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2012 16:41 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 19:40 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2176 |