Biased electric field analysis of a photoconductive antenna for terahertz generation

✍ Scribed by Jian Yang; Wenhui Fan; Bing Xue

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 324 KB
• Volume: 637
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.02.048

✦ Synopsis

The development of terahertz (THz) science has been ongoing for decades. As such, the generation and detection of THz radiation tend to be advanced. Currently, there are two main approaches to detect THz radiation: free-space electro-optic sampling (FS-EOS) and photoconductive (PC) sampling. Among the generations, the photoconductive effect is significant in the amplitude of THz radiation, which is believed to be proportional to the magnitude of the inner electric field. In order to increase THz radiation by safely enhancing the biased electric field, simulations on the electric field distributions of several different antennas have been conducted during our research. As a result of comparing and analyzing the findings of the simulations, a specific antenna structure suitable for a much higher biased field has been designed. Furthermore, satisfactory THz radiation is expected from this antenna.