Cavity modes in broadly tunable superconducting coherent terahertz sources
Kaveh Delfanazari (University of Cambridge)
Richard A. Klemm (University of Central Florida)
Manabu Tsujimoto (University of Tsukuba)
Daniel P. Cerkoney (University of Central Florida, Rutgers University)
Takashi Yamamoto (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, TU Delft - Quantum Internet Division)
Takanari Kashiwagi (University of Tsukuba)
Kazuo Kadowaki (University of Tsukuba)
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Abstract
We discuss the cavity modes and radiation pattern in solid state terahertz (THz) sources based on layered high-temperature superconducting Bi
2
Sr
2
CaCu
2
O
8+δ
(Bi-2212). We experimentally measure the emission spectra using the Fourier transform infrared spectrometer in order to elucidate the radiation mechanism of the mesa samples. Moreover, we experimentally study the angular dependence of the emission intensity obtained in one mesa's plane at the frequency f = 0.61 THz, at various detection angles θ by rotating the sample holder relative to the detector, to identify the excited EM cavity modes within the mesa that participate in the device output power enhancement. We modelled the mesa cavity and find a relatively good agreement between the experiment and theory. Our results show that compact, coherent and continuous-wave Bi-2212 THz devices are one of the most promising THz sources, capable of bridging the microwaves to photonics gap.
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