On the Experimental Characterization of Generated and Received Pulses of Photoconductive Antennas

Conference paper (2023)

Authors

H. Zhang Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
J. Bueno Lopez Electronics - EEMCS
P.M. Sberna Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
Nuria Llombart Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
A. Neto Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2023 H. Zhang, J. Bueno Lopez, P.M. Sberna, Nuria Llombart, A. Neto
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https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz57677.2023.10299090
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

Abstract

Photoconductive antennas (PCAs) are promising candidates for sensing and imaging systems. We have investigated their properties under pulsed laser illumination both in transmission and reception. First, a transmitting PCA has been characterized including a power measurement. Then, a Quasi-Optical (QO) link between a transmitter and a receiver was modelled and analyzed. In this work, we characterize this link with measurement. We use bow-tie based PCAs as examples, and measure the radiated power of the transmitter and the detected current of the receiver. The measurement shows very good agreement with the simulation.