Plasma Wave detectors for Terahertz Wireless Communication and Fast Imaging Applications

Frederic Teppe (1) , S. Blin (2, 3) , Dominique Coquillat (1) , Nina Diakonova (1) , L. Tohme (2) , Boris Chenaud (1) , S. Hisatake , K. Arakawa , J. Torres (2, 3) , Christophe Consejo (1) , P. Nouvel (2, 3) , Pierre Solignac (1) , A. Pénarier (2, 3) , T. Nagatsuma , Wojciech Knap (1)

1 L2C - Laboratoire Charles Coulomb
2 IES - Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes
3 TéHO - Térahertz, hyperfréquence et optique

We report on Terahertz wireless communications and fast imaging experiments at 300 GHz, using nanometer-sized transistors as detectors. The physical mechanism of the detection is related to the overdamped plasma waves in the transistor channel.

Mots clés: FETs; Frequency modulation; Detectors; radiocommunication; Plasma waves; Imaging

Domaines: Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]

Frederic Teppe, S. Blin, Dominique Coquillat, Nina Diakonova, L. Tohme, et al.. Plasma Wave detectors for Terahertz Wireless Communication and Fast Imaging Applications. 2012 37TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFRARED, MILLIMETER, AND TERAHERTZ WAVES (IRMMW-THZ), Sep 2012, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. pp.1. ⟨hal-00816950⟩