Interlaced terahertz transceiver using plasmonic resonance
US8785855B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/544
Abstract
Disclosed are devices and methods for enhancing the performance of photoconductive switches or photomixers used to generate or receive terahertz radiation. An interlaced electrode is used to minimize carrier transit times across an absorbing semiconductor photoconductor. This electrode is designed to support a plasmonic resonance such that coupling of the optical pump signal to the absorbing photoconductor is enhanced.
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