• DocumentCode
    1941011
  • Title

    Coherent THz wave generation by photomixing in photonic crystal cavity

  • Author

    Tani, M. ; Gu, P. ; Sakai, K. ; Suenaga, M. ; Kondo, H. ; Kitahara, H. ; Takeda, M.W.

  • Author_Institution
    CRL, Kansai Adv. Res. Center, Kobe, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2001
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate generation of coherent terahertz radiation by photomixing with a photoconductive antenna placed in a 3-D photonic crystal cavity. We observe a sharp gain peak at a frequency in the photonic bandgap, suggesting a cavity effect for a localized defect mode.
  • Keywords
    localised modes; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; photoconducting devices; photonic band gap; submillimetre wave generation; 3-D photonic crystal cavity; bow-tie antenna; cavity effect; coherent THz wave generation; coherent terahertz radiation; localized defect mode; photoconductive antenna; photomixing; photonic bandgap; sharp gain peak; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Lattices; Optical films; Optical losses; Photoconductivity; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Physics; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chiba, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6738-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967793
  • Filename
    967793