A Figure of Merit to Assess the Performance of Photoconductive Antennas at Terahertz Band


Romeu J., de Cea M., Jofre L., Yazgan A.

International Symposium of IEEE-Antennas-and-Propagation-Society / USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, California, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 9 - 14 Temmuz 2017, ss.1741-1742 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/apusncursinrsm.2017.8072913
  • Basıldığı Şehir: California
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1741-1742
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Photoconductive antennas are one of the most efficient ways to radiate and receive EM waves around the 1 THz frequency band. The physical processes involved in photoconductive terahertz signal generation are complex enough to prevent having simple and accurate models to assess the performance of different electrode geometries. In this paper a figure of merit definition based on the physical processes involved in the electro-optical conversion process is proposed.