Time-Domain Modelling of Pulsed Photoconducting Sources - Part II
Characterization of an LT GaAs Bow-Tie Antenna
A. Fiorellini Bernardis (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
Paolo Sberna (TU Delft - EKL Processing)
Juan Bueno Lopez (TU Delft - Electronics)
Huasheng Zhang (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
Nuria Llombart Llombart (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
Andrea Neto (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)
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Abstract
Drude's description of the response of low-temperature gallium arsenide to optical pulse excitation is used to evaluate the components of a time-domain Norton equivalent circuit of a photoconductive antenna (PCA) source. The saturation of the terahertz (THz) radiated power occurring at large optical excitation levels was previously associated by the scientific community to radiation and charge screening of the bias. With the present circuit, we are able to model accurately the measured saturation as only due to the EM feedback from the antenna to the bias. The predicted THz radiated power is shown to match very accurately the measurements when the circuit is combined with an accurate description of the experimental conditions and the modeling of the THz quasi-optical (QO) channel.