Antenna Model for Terahertz Cascade Wire Lasers

Author

Orlova, E.E. ; Hovenier, J.N. ; Klaassen, T.O. ; Kasalynas, I. ; Adam, A.J.L. ; Gao, J.R. ; Klapwijk, T.M. ; Williams, B.S. ; Kumar, S. ; Hu, Q. ; Reno, J.L.

Author_Institution

Russian Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

216

Abstract

Highly divergent radiation is expected from lasers with sub-wavelength apertures due to diffraction. However the short range variations of intensity have been observed in the far field of THz quantum cascade lasers with sub-wavelength apertures. We developed an antenna model for long lasers with subwavelength transverse dimensions (wire lasers). Based on this model we show that the observed far field variations are formed due to the interference of the radiation from the longitudinal mode distribution. We predict that radiation from subwavelength wire laser can be concentrated in a narrow beam with a divergence determined by the ratio of the wavelength to the length of the laser.

Keywords

quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave antennas; submillimetre wave lasers; THz quantum cascade lasers; antenna model; far field variations; longitudinal mode distribution; radiation interference; short range variations; sub-wavelength apertures; subwavelength transverse dimensions; terahertz cascade wire lasers; Antenna accessories; Apertures; Diffraction; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2006.368424

Filename

4222158