Feldman, A.
, Harvey, T.
, Mirin, R.
, Mingardi, A.
, Zhang, W.
and Brown, E.
(2018),
High efficiency generation of THz from 1550-nm: exceeding the Manley-Rowe limit with photoconductive emitters, Optics Express, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.014472, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=925580
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High efficiency generation of THz from 1550-nm: exceeding the Manley-Rowe limit with photoconductive emitters
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Abstract
Two photoconductive emitters - one with a self-complementary square spiral antenna, and the other with a resonant slot antenna - were fabricated on a GaAs epilayer embedded with ErAs quantum dots. Driven with 1550 nm fiber mode-locked lasers, 117 υW broadband THz power was generated from the device with the spiral antenna, and 2 υW from the device with resonant slot antenna. The optical-to-THz conversion is through extrinsic photoconductivity, which can and does surpass the Manley-Rowe limit.Citation
Optics Express
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26
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14472
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photoconductive emitters, extrinsic photoconductivity, Manley-Rowe limit
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Created May 27, 2018, Updated October 12, 2021