• DocumentCode
    1691049
  • Title

    Quantum-well electro-absorption sampling for broadband THz detection

  • Author

    Li, Chia-Yeh ; Seletskiy, Denis V. ; Cederberg, Jeffrey G. ; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Broad-band THz detection is demonstrated using GaAs/AlGaAs asymmetric double quantum-well structures. Transient electro-absorption modulation by the THz pulses is sampled coherently with detection bandwidth exceeding 10 THz.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; semiconductor quantum wells; terahertz wave spectra; GaAs-AlGaAs; asymmetric double quantum well structure; broadband THz detection; quantum well electro-absorption sampling; transient electroabsorption modulation; Absorption; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Coherence; Gallium arsenide; Plasmas; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327078