Generation of Terahertz Radiation by a Photoconductive Antenna

• Authors: V. Trukhin , A. Andrianov , N. Zinov'ev
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We report on the first principle calculations of photocarriers kinetics in a photoconductive antenna excited by an ultrashort optical laser pulse. The solution of non-equilibrium Boltzmann equation is used to derive the expression for the irradiated electric field. The analysis reveals the important role of non-uniform photocarrier distribution inside the active layer in the formation of the terahertz radiation from the emitter in both collinear and anti-collinear directions.

Keywords

EN

42.65.Ky; 41.60.-m; 78.47.-p

Discipline

• 41.60.-m: Radiation by moving charges
• 78.47.-p: Spectroscopy of solid state dynamics
• 42.65.Ky: Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation(see also 42.79.Nv Optical frequency converters)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 113
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 921-924

Dates

published

2008-03

received

2007-08-26

Contributors

author

V. Trukhin

• Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Polytekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

author

A. Andrianov

• Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Polytekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

author

N. Zinov'ev

• Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Polytekhnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
• Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.113.921