Continuous-wave terahertz generation using a vertically integrated horn antenna photomixer

Emilien Peytavit (1) , Jean-Francois Lampin , Francis Hindle (2) , C. Yang , Gaël Mouret (2)

1 IEMN - Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520
2 LPCA - Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère

A transverse Electromagnetic Horn Antenna is monolithically integrated with a low-temperature-grown GaAs vertical photoconductor on a silicon substrate forming a vertically integrated photomixer. Continuous-wave terahertz radiation is generated at frequencies up to 3.5 THz with a power level reaching 20 nW around 3 THz.

Mots clés: Horn antennas; Photodetectors; Integrated circuit modeling; Electrodes; Photoconducting materials; Gallium arsenide

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Emilien Peytavit, Jean-Francois Lampin, Francis Hindle, C. Yang, Gaël Mouret. Continuous-wave terahertz generation using a vertically integrated horn antenna photomixer. 35th International Conference on Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2010), Sep 2010, Rome, Italy. ⟨hal-00573653⟩