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Garufo, A. (author), Sberna, P.M. (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Freeman, Joshua R. (author), Bacon, David R. (author), Li, Lianhe (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Neto, A. (author)A pulsed photoconductive terahertz (THz) source is presented that is able to radiate milliwatt (mW) level average power over a large bandwidth, by exploiting both the optical and electrical properties of photoconductive sources and the ultrawideband properties of connected antenna arrays. An optical system composed of a microlenses array...journal article 2019
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Garufo, A. (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Freeman, Joshua R. (author), Bacon, David R. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Linfield, Edmund H. (author), Davies, Alexander G. (author), Neto, A. (author)This second part of two papers' sequence presents the experimental validation of the Norton equivalent circuit model for pulsed photoconductive antennas (PCAs) provided in the first paper of the sequence. To this goal, different prototypes of photoconductive antenna sources have been manufactured and assembled. The average powers radiated and...journal article 2018
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Garufo, A. (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Neto, A. (author)A novel equivalent circuit for pulsed photoconductive sources is introduced for describing the coupling between the photoconductive gap and the antenna. The proposed circuit effectively describes the mechanism of feeding the antenna by the semiconductor when this latter is illuminated by a laser operating in a pulsed mode. Starting from the...journal article 2018
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Garufo, A. (author)In recent years, Terahertz technology has attracted the interest of researchers for its potential applications in a variety of domains. In particular, THz sensing has found application in security screening, medical imaging, spectroscopy, and non-destructive testing. The emergence of all these applications has been driven by the availability of...doctoral thesis 2017
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Garufo, A. (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Freeman, Joshua R. (author), Bacon, David R. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Davies, Alexander G. (author), Neto, A. (author)In this paper a rigorous electromagnetic characterization of the setup for measuring the THz power radiated by pulsed photoconductive antenna is discussed. Such characterization is expressed in terms of efficiencies which quantify how much power is lost in the coupling between the various components involved in the measurement setup. The...conference paper 2017
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Garufo, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Neto, A. (author)In this paper, the performance of logarithmic spiral antennas as feeds of dense dielectric lens are investigated in detail. The performances are evaluated in terms of clean symmetric radiation patterns, high polarization purity, antenna efficiency, and radiation dispersivity. A logarithmic spiral antenna placed in the dielectric-air interface...journal article 2016
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van Berkel, S.L. (author), Garufo, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Neto, A. (author)In this article, we present a freely accessible software tool that allows for fast characterization of dynamic phenomena in a wide variety of transmission lines that include characteristic impedance, effective dielectric constant, and losses, such as radiation into space and surface waves. For printed transmission lines, the radiation effects...journal article 2016