Title :
A travelling-wave type p-i-n photomixer with a thin absorption layer
Author :
Jeong-Woo Park ; Sang-Pil Han ; Namje Kim ; Hyunsung Ko ; Kiwon Moon ; Kyung Hyun Park
Author_Institution :
THz Creative Res. Center, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
A travelling-wave photomixer was realized. The responsivity was 0.42A/W for 15μm length device. It showed a 3dB bandwidth of more than 200GHz, limited by transit-time of photo-generated carriers. Also, it showed a successful THz wave generation up to frequency range of more than 500GHz.
Keywords :
light absorption; photodetectors; photodiodes; submillimetre wave detectors; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave generation; THz wave generation; photo-generated carriers; photodetector; size 15 mum; thin absorption layer; transit-time; travelling-wave type p-i-n photomixer; Absorption; Antennas; Bandwidth; Indium gallium arsenide; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665586
