The State of Art of Terahertz Sources: A Communication Perspective at a Glance

YAZGAN A., Jofre L., Romeu J.

40th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP), Barcelona, Spain, 5 - 07 July 2017, pp.810-816 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume:
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/tsp.2017.8076101
  • City: Barcelona
  • Country: Spain
  • Page Numbers: pp.810-816
  • Keywords: Terahertz band, efficient terahertz source, CMOS, HBT, QCL, RTD, OPM, optical antennas, PHASED-ARRAY TRANSMITTER, CONTINUOUS-WAVE, OSCILLATORS, POWER, TRANSISTORS, TECHNOLOGY, EFFICIENCY, OUTPUT
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Terahertz band lying between infrared and microwave is a very promising part of electromagnetic spectrum for spectroscopy, space applications and different kind of imaging applications such as medical and security. Recently, this special band has attracted the attention of communication society because of its huge bandwidth and therefore ability of very high speed wireless communications. One of the challenges still on the table is to obtain efficient terahertz sources. In this paper, recent studies on the topic of efficient terahertz sources are reviewed comparatively. Especially for the communication concept, taking into account the efficiency, it can be said that the trend goes to the optical photoconductive materials method including plasmonic electrodes.