Title :
Optical Scanning Techniques for Characterization of Terahertz Photoconductive Antenna Arrays
Author :
Tiedje, Henry F. ; Saeedkia, Daryoosh ; Nagel, Michael ; Haugen, Harold K.
Author_Institution :
Brockhouse Inst. for Mater. Res., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical scanning techniques for characterizing radiation properties of terahertz photoconductive antenna arrays are proposed, and as an example, a 14-element equally spaced array structure made on low-temperature grown GaAs is characterized using the proposed methods.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; antenna arrays; gallium arsenide; optical scanners; photoconducting devices; semiconductor growth; submillimetre wave antennas; wide band gap semiconductors; 14-element equally spaced array structure; GaAs; low-temperature grown GaAs; optical scanning techniques; radiation property characterization; terahertz photoconductive antenna arrays; Photomixers; terahertz antenna array; terahertz opto-electronics; terahertz photoconductive sources; terahertz radiation; ultrafast photoconductors;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2010.2050388
