Vertically illuminated TW-UTC photodiodes for terahertz generation

Claudio M. Barrientos Z.; Victor H. Calle G.; Jaime A Alvarez; F. Patricio Mena; Josip Vukusic; Jan Stake; Ernest A. Michael

doi:10.1117/12.927440

24 September 2012 Vertically illuminated TW-UTC photodiodes for terahertz generation

Claudio M. Barrientos Z., Victor H. Calle G., Jaime A Alvarez, F. Patricio Mena, Josip Vukusic, Jan Stake, Ernest A. Michael

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Proceedings Volume 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; 84522I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927440
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

More efficient and powerful continuous-wave photonic mixers as terahertz sources are motivated by the need of more versatile local oscillators for submillimeter/terahertz receiver systems. Uni-Travelling Carrier (UTC) photodiodes are very prospective candidates for reaching this objective, but so far only have been reported as lumped-elements or as edge-illuminated optical-waveguide travelling-wave (TW) devices. To overcome the associated power limitations of those implementations, we are developing a novel implementation of the UTC photodiodes which combines a travelingwave photomixer with vertical velocity-matched illumination in a distributed structure. In this implementation called velocity-matched travelling-wave uni-travelling carrier photodiode, it is possible to obtain in-situ velocity matching of the beat-fringes of the two angled laser beams with the submm/THz-wave on the stripline. In this way, minimum frequency roll-off is achieved by tuning the angle between the two laser beams. A first design of these TW-UTC PDs from our Terahertz Photonics Laboratory at University of Chile has been micro-fabricated at the MC2 cleanroom facility at Chalmers Technical University.

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Claudio M. Barrientos Z., Victor H. Calle G., Jaime A Alvarez, F. Patricio Mena, Josip Vukusic, Jan Stake, and Ernest A. Michael "Vertically illuminated TW-UTC photodiodes for terahertz generation", Proc. SPIE 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 84522I (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927440

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