• DocumentCode
    3278943
  • Title

    III-V based room temperature THz detectors

  • Author

    Perera, A. G Unil ; Jayaweera, P. Viraj ; Matsik, Steven G. ; Liu, Hui Chun

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Results are reported on a GaAs/AlGaAs based THz detector operating up to room temperature. The detector gave a response of 4 A/W at 330 K and 0.015 A/W at 309 K indicating the response is due to effects of thermally generated carriers. By optimizing the material it should be possible to improve the detector response.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; semiconductor heterojunctions; terahertz wave detectors; thermally stimulated currents; GaAs-AlGaAs; III-V material; THz detectors; bolometer; p-type intraband detectors; temperature 309 K; temperature 330 K; thermally generated carriers; Absorption; Astronomy; Design optimization; Detectors; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; III-V semiconductor materials; Physics; Temperature distribution; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pasadena, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2119-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2120-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665744
  • Filename
    4665744