Title :
Photoconductive aperture antenna arrays for generation and detection of terahertz radiation
Author :
Saeedkia, Daryoosh ; Esmaili-Rad, Mohammad-Reza ; Nagel, Michael
Author_Institution :
Waterloo Res. & Technol. Park, T-Ray Sci. Inc., Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Photoconductive aperture antenna arrays are used in THz time domain systems as the transmitter and the receiver elements, and the radiation properties of the antennas are characterized in terms of the applied dc bias and the optical excitation power.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave antennas; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave generation; time-domain analysis; THz time domain system; antenna radiation properties; applied DC bias; optical excitation power; photoconductive aperture antenna arrays; receiver elements; terahertz radiation detection; terahertz radiation generation; transmitter elements; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Dipole antennas; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Photoconductivity; Power generation; Radiation detectors; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5416-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5417-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324745
