Novel terahertz photoconductive antennas

• Main Authors: Tani, Masahiko, Hirota, Yuichi, Que, Christopher T., Tanaka, Shigehisa, Hattori, Ryo, Yamaguchi, Mariko, Nishizawa, Seizi, Hangyo, Masanori
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2006
• Subjects: Terahertz technology; Antennas (Electronics); Optoelectronic devices; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11903
• Institution: De La Salle University

The photoconductive (PC) antenna is a key device for the recent terahertz (THz) photonics based on laser-pumped generation and detection of THz radiation. In this paper we report on two new types of PC antennas: the Schottky PC antenna and the multi-contacts PC antenna. The former one is able to detect THz radiation intensity without the time-delay scan and useful for applications where spectroscopic information is not important, such as the THz intensity imaging. The latter one is useful for the polarization sensitive THz spectroscopy, such as the THz ellipsometry. The characteristic features of these new types of PC antennas are studied by using a THz time-domain spectroscopy system.