Terahertz plasmonic antennas for Quantum Cascade Lasers

Author

Akalin, Tahsin ; Maineult, Wilfried ; Gellie, Pierre ; Peytavit, Emilien ; Andronico, Alessio ; Filloux, Pascal ; Leo, Giuseppe ; Lampin, Jean-Francois ; Sirtori, Carlo ; Beere, Harvey E. ; Ritchie, David A. ; Barbieri, Stefano

Author_Institution

Inst. d´´Electron. de Microelectron. et de Nanotechnol. (IEMN), Univ. de Lille 1, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

183

Lastpage

185

Abstract

Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) are probably the most promising sources for Terahertz wave generation. The key issue especially for double metal QCLs is the extraction and the beam shaping of the emitted power. We propose a solution with a TEM-Horn Antenna and we compare it to the most recently proposed solutions: plasmonic array, Silicon-lens etc. New Terahertz antenna designs will also be presented.

Keywords

beam steering; horn antennas; quantum cascade lasers; terahertz wave generation; TEM-horn antenna; beam shaping; double metal QCL; plasmonic array; quantum cascade lasers; silicon lens; terahertz plasmonic antennas; terahertz wave generation; Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Horn antennas; Laser beams; Lenses; Plasmons; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon; Temperature; Antenna; Plasmonic; Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL); Terahertz;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2801-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2802-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2009.5385404

Filename

5385404