• DocumentCode
    2017302
  • Title

    High efficiency terahertz photoconducting sources by use of spatially shaped excitation

  • Author

    Kim, Joong H. ; Polley, Arup ; Ralph, Stephen E.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    374
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a new excitation technique which dramatically improves the power and efficiency of photoconductive THz sources. Using an extended line excitation we mitigate screening effects reaching an average THz power of 8 μW at ∼ 27 mW average optical power.
  • Keywords
    anodes; photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave generation; 8 muW; screening effects; spatially shaped excitation; terahertz photoconducting sources; Acceleration; Anodes; Electrodes; Frequency; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical saturation; Photoconductivity; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363267
  • Filename
    1363267
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2017302