Title :
Terahertz imaging system based on LT-GaAsSb antenna driven by all-semiconductor femtosecond source
Author :
Wilcox, K.G. ; Rutz, F. ; Wilk, R. ; Foreman, H.D. ; Roberts, Jeffrey S. ; Sigmund, J. ; Hartnagel, H.L. ; Koch, Martin ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton
fDate :
9/28/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A source of terahertz radiation based on a LT-GaAsSb antenna excited by a 1.04 mum 480 fs pulse train from a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser is described. Images of samples were acquired using bolometer detection
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; arsenic compounds; bolometers; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; microwave photonics; submillimetre wave antennas; submillimetre wave imaging; surface emitting lasers; 1.04 micron; 480 fs; GaAsSb; LT-GaAsSb antenna; all-semiconductor femtosecond source; bolometer detection; surface emitting lasers; terahertz imaging system; terahertz radiation; vertical external cavity surface emitting laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20061825
