• DocumentCode
    2986464
  • Title

    Efficient photoconductive THz source with spatially shaped excitation

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1942
  • Abstract
    Reduced screening and improved efficiency in terahertz power generation are achieved by line excitation of photoconductive sources. Screening limitations are explored computationally to optimize the source with highest efficiency reported to date.
  • Keywords
    photoconducting devices; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre waves; photoconductive THz source; screening; terahertz power generation; Charge carrier density; Gallium arsenide; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Photoconductivity; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202328
  • Filename
    1573394