半绝缘GaAs光电导开关产生太赫兹波电场屏蔽效应的二维Monte Carlo模拟

利用Ensemble-Monte Carlo模拟方法，对不同实验条件下半绝缘GaAs(SI-GaAs)光电导开关作为偶极辐射天线在辐射太赫兹电磁波(太赫兹波)中体内电场的分布以及空间电荷屏蔽效应对太赫兹波辐射的影响进行了模拟.载流子的时域空间电场分布表明:用高能量激光脉冲触发低压偏置的GaAs开关，空间电荷屏蔽是限制太赫兹波辐射功率的一个重要因素，并且空间电荷屏蔽能够引起太赫兹波呈现双极性.当高能量飞秒激光脉冲以全电极间隙触发大孔径光电导天线时，空间电荷电场屏蔽效应对太赫兹波的影响不大. 关键词： 光电导开关 Ensemble-Monte Carlo模拟 辐射场屏蔽 空间电荷屏蔽     

大孔径光电导天线产生高功率窄带宽THz辐射特性分析

从大孔径光电导天线产生THz辐射的饱和理论出发,考虑了载流子的瞬变迁移率.分析了脉冲序列激发大孔径光电导天线产生高功率窄带宽THz辐射的特性.对比了单个光脉冲和序列光脉冲激发SI-GaAs和LT-GaAs光电导天线的饱和特性.分析表明,采用序列光脉冲激发载流子寿命小于光脉冲间隔的光电导天线时,可以克服大孔径光电导天线的饱和特性,产生高峰值功率的窄带THz辐射.     

光电导天线产生太赫兹波的研究

研究了光电导天线产生太赫兹波的辐射特性,采用时域有限差分方法(FDTD)来模拟计算光电导偶极天线的辐射特性,并在计算机上以伪彩色图进行了图形显示。采用电偶极子天线模型,以0.1THz电磁波为例计算了天线辐射的特性参数,得到天线的辐射电阻为790Ω,方向性系数为1.5。结果表明,光电导天线可以采用偶极天线的理论进行计算,可以通过提高电长度来增大辐射电阻,从而提高太赫兹的辐射功率。     

光电导天线太赫兹辐射峰值调控研究

针对微结构光电导天线与飞秒激光之间相互作用效应以及辐射太赫兹波调控问题进行了研究。采用德鲁德-洛伦兹理论模型获得微结构光电导天线辐射光电流密度,通过时域有限差分把光电流密度迭代在激励网格上,结合麦克斯韦方程求解时变电磁场,并通过传输线格林函数获得多层介质近场到远场的辐射太赫兹波,建立了辐射光电流与辐射阻抗、电磁共振模式之间的关系模型,模拟仿真分析了微结构S型光电导天线太赫兹波辐射调控机理。研究结果表明:微结构改变了天线等效模型的辐射阻抗;同时得知耦合系数不为零时存在耦合作用,且随着耦合系数增大共振频率峰值发生辐射增强和位移;并通过设计S型光电导天线获得辐射峰值频率调整范围为0.50~0.80 THz之间,对比工形天线辐射峰值频率由原来的0.40 T移动到0.76 T,频率调整度75%,峰值辐射效率约提高70%。该研究工作为后续高功率光导天线太赫兹波辐射的共振中心频点以及结构设计奠定重要基础。     

光电导天线辐射阻抗特性模拟分析(英文)

针对连续太赫兹光电导天线辐射功率较低的缺点,利用有限积分方法对三种常用的光电导天线,包括偶极天线、蝶形天线和螺旋天线,进行数值模拟并分析比较其辐射阻抗特性.仿真结果表明,偶极天线的辐射阻抗与偶极长度、宽度、电极间隙以及传输线宽度有关,且在其谐振频率存在峰值阻抗,适用于特定频率的太赫兹波辐射.蝶形天线和螺旋天线在所研究的太赫兹波段具有近似稳定的辐射阻抗,广泛应用于宽带领域.对带有交叉电极的电极间隙进行计算,结果表明由交叉电极引入的附加电容降低了天线的高频阻抗.     

雪崩倍增GaAs光电导太赫兹辐射源研究进展

在飞秒激光激励下用GaAs光电导开关作为太赫兹(THz)辐射天线, 已经广泛用于太赫兹时域光谱系统, 但目前国际上都是使用GaAs光电导开关的线性工作模式, 而GaAs光电导开关的雪崩倍增工作模式所输出的超快电脉冲功率容量远大于其线性工作模式, 迄今为止, 还没有人提出用雪崩倍增机理的GaAs 光电导开关作为辐射源产生THz电磁辐射. 本文探讨了用 雪崩倍增工作模式的GaAs光电导开关作为光电导天线产生THz电磁波的可能性及研究进展. 通过理论分析及实验研究, 在实验上实现了: 1) 利用nJ量级飞秒激光触发GaAs光电导天线, 可以进入雪崩倍增工作模式; 2) 利用光激发电荷畴的猝灭模式, 可以使GaAs光电导天线载流子雪崩倍增模式的延续时间(lock-on 时间)变短. 这为利用具有雪崩倍增机理的GaAs光电导天线产生强THz辐射奠定了基础.     

碳纳米管光混频器产生太赫兹功率的理论分析

以光混频器电路模型为基础,理论分析了碳纳米管(CNT)材料光混频器产生太赫兹功率的大小.通过对光混频器电导、天线的阻抗和外加偏置电压的模拟结果表明:提高光混频器电导、天线阻抗和外加偏置电压都能够提高输出太赫兹波功率,在小信号输入条件下,输出功率理论上能够达到数十微瓦.     

有限厚大孔径光电导天线产生的太赫兹辐射远场时域特性分析

采用电流起伏模型,分析了有限厚大孔径光电导天线产生太赫兹脉冲的远场时域特性.模型在包含有限载流子寿命、瞬变载流子迁移率等影响因素的基础上,考虑了激发光脉冲在光电导材料中的时间延迟和吸收衰减,使模型更加趋近于反映真实的物理过程.根据模型分析了光通量、有限载流子寿命和瞬变载流子迁移率,以及光电导材料厚度变化对THz远场时域波形的影响, 并对比分析了考虑光电导材料厚度与不考虑厚度时太赫兹脉冲的时域波形.     

三路太赫兹光导天线的功率合成技术

针对单个光导天线功率容量有限的问题,采用光导天线功率合成技术研究高功率、超宽带的太赫兹辐射方法。通过构建三路光导天线功率合成系统,以500μm孔径的偶极子光导天线为对象,进行了功率合成技术研究。结果表明:当三路500μm孔径的偶极子光导天线产生太赫兹的光程差一致时,合成后的时域光谱峰值最大,时域相干度达90.6%,提高了太赫兹输出的功率。     

腔内型光电导太赫兹辐射产生器设计

提出了在飞秒锁模钛宝石激光器腔内产生太赫兹辐射的新设计方案,并给出了太赫兹产生器件的结构参数以及器件的设计原理.新设计的器件把光电导太赫兹偶极天线发射器与飞秒钛宝石激光器的可饱和Bragg反射镜结合在一起,不仅可以提高太赫兹辐射的产生效率,而且可以使飞秒钛宝石激光器自启动锁模.     

Analytical framework of small-gap photoconductive dipole antenna using equivalent circuit model

A compact planar antenna sources with on-chip fabrication and high directivity in order to achieve large depth-of-field for better image resolution is the prospective demand for THz imaging application. Therefore, the small-gap photoconductive dipole antennas have been explored to fulfil such applications demand. However, there are certain modalities for improving the photoconductive dipole antenna performance which need to identify to accomplish high THz average radiated power and improved total efficiency. The unit-cell small-gap photoconductive dipole antenna radiation power enhancement methods need to optimize the design parameters with photoconductive material selection from theoretical simulation. Further, the potential improvement of coupling efficiency of THz wave with air as well as femto-second laser incident efficiency is also important parameters to enhance the radiation power of small-gap photoconductive dipole antenna. In this paper, we have presented an analytical procedure employing explicit mathematical expression leading to the physical behaviour of small-gap photoconductive dipole antenna. The effects of biased lines on the antenna performance parameters are discussed with the help of proposed equivalent circuit model. We have explored the effect of gap-size on the THz radiated power and on total radiation efficiency from the proposed photoconductive dipole antennas.     

Terahertz-radiation-enhanced broadband terahertz generation from large aperture photoconductive antenna

A technique of enhancing and broadening terahertz (THz) wave radiation from large aperture photoconductive (PC) antenna is presented in this paper. In this technique, the PC antenna is excited by both the optical and previously generated THz pulses by a laser-induced air plasma created in front of PC antenna and an enhanced and broadened THz wave signal is obtained. The theoretical and experimental investigation shows that the superposition is the main mechanism for this enhancement. The technique shown in this paper can be very useful for THz imaging and spectroscopy.     

Terahertz radiation from armchair carbon nanotube dipole antenna

This paper investigates the electromagnetic radiation characteristics of a metallic, large aspect ratio single walled carbon nanotube antenna in the terahertz frequency region below 12.5 THz. The key features of terahertz pulse have been revealed on the carbon nanotube antenna in comparison with conventional photoconductive switching. The terahertz waveforms, radiation power and their field distributions have been evaluated and are analysed. The Fourier transformed spectra over the whole frequency range demonstrate that the carbon nanotube antenna can be used as radiation source for broadband terahertz applications.     

A Reflected Terahertz-Emission Microscopy

A novel reflected terahertz-emission microscopy is proposed and developed for improving the spatial resolution of THz imaging. When attaching a bow-tie antenna directly onto a thin generation crystal, the reflected THz waves can be collected and detected by a photoconductive antenna, and the spatial resolution is decided by the diameter of focused pump beam. In this way, the detected resolution can be largely improved and tunable. The configuration and characteristics of this microscopy are described in detail.     

NOVEL TERAHERTZ PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNAS

The photoconductive (PC) antenna is a key device for the recent terahertz (THz) photonics based on laser-pumped generation and detection of THz radiation. In this paper we report on two new types of PC antennas: the Schottky PC antenna and the multi-contacts PC antenna. The former one is able to detect THz radiation intensity without the time-delay scan and useful for applications where spectroscopic information is not important, such as the THz intensity imaging. The latter one is useful for the polarization sensitive THz spectroscopy, such as the THz ellipsometry. The characteristic features of these new types of PC antennas are studied by using a THz time-domain spectroscopy system.     

光电导开关产生太赫兹电磁波双极特性分析

利用光电导体产生太赫兹电磁波(THz波)，THz远场辐射波形与光电导体材料的载流子寿命、偏置电场以及触发光有直接关系.用不同方法对低温GaAs(LT-GaAs)和半绝缘GaAs(SI-GaAs)光电导开关辐射的THz电磁波所呈现的双极特性进行了模拟计算.结果表明，LT-GaAs光电导开关辐射THz波呈现双极性的主要原因是光生载流子寿命小于一个THz波产生时间；而光生载流子寿命大于100ps的SI-GaAs光电导开关，在不同的实验条件（不同偏置电场、不同光脉冲能量）下，产生的THz波呈现双极特性的主要原因分别是载流子发生了谷间散射和空间电荷电场屏蔽. 关键词： 光电导开关 THz电磁波 载流子寿命 空间电荷屏蔽     

Excitation-density-dependent generation of broadband terahertz radiation in an asymmetrically excited photoconductive antenna

The generation of terahertz (THz) transients in photoconductive emitters has been studied by varying the spatial extent and density of the optically excited photocarriers in asymmetrically excited, biased low-temperature-grown GaAs antenna structures. We find a pronounced dependence of the THz pulse intensity and broadband (>6.0 THz) spectral distribution on the pump excitation density and simulate this with a three-dimensional carrier dynamics model. We attribute the observed variation in THz emission to changes in the strength of the screening field.