Title :
Generation and detection of terahertz pulsed radiation with photoconductive antennas and their application to imaging
Author :
Tani, Masahiko ; Herrmann, Michael ; Kono, Shunsuke ; Sakai, Kiyomi
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Supercond. Photonics, Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
In this paper the authors describe photoconductive (PC) antennas, with a special focus on bandwidth properties of PC antennas as THz radiation sources and detectors. They also describe applications of the pulsed THz radiation to imaging based on PC antennas.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave antennas; submillimetre wave detectors; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave imaging; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; THz imaging; THz pulsed radiation detection; THz pulsed radiation generation; THz radiation sources; bandwidth properties; photoconductive antennas; spectroscopic applications; terahertz pulsed radiation; ultrabroadband detection; ultrabroadband generation; Photoconducting devices; Submillimeter wave antennas; Submillimeter wave detectors; Submillimeter wave imaging; Submillimeter wave spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
4-88552-187-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.1158845
