Generation of high-power terahertz pulses in a prism.

نویسندگان

  • M B Johnston
  • D M Whittaker
  • A Dowd
  • A G Davies
  • E H Linfield
  • X Li
  • D A Ritchie
چکیده

A compact, high-power emitter of half-cycle terahertz (THz) radiation is demonstrated. The device consists of an epitaxial InAs emitter upon a GaAs prism and produces THz pulses that are 20 times more powerful than those from conventional planar InAs emitters. This improvement is a direct result of reorienting the transient THz dipole such that its axis is not perpendicular to the emitting surface.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 27 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002