Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Abstract-Optically Driven Terahertz Wave Modulator Using Ring-Shaped Microstripline With GaInAs Photoconductive Mesa Structure


 Satoshi Yamasaki,   Akio Yasui,  Tomohiro Amemiya,  Kentaro Furusawa,  Shinsuke Hara, Issei Watanabe, Atsushi Kanno,  Norihiko Sekine,  Zhichen Gu,   Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Akifumi Kasamatsu, Shigehisa Arai,

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7839965/

To improve wireless communications systems, it is desirable to seamlessly combine fiber-based optical and terahertz wireless communications systems. In this paper, we demonstrate a waveguide optically driven terahertz wave modulator using a ring-shaped microstripline with a GaInAs photoconductive mesa structure. In this device, terahertz wave modulation is performed by controlling the photo-generated carriers in the GaInAs mesa. As a result, a maximum extinction ratio of 16.8 dB in the terahertz band was obtained with a light irradiation of 15 dBm (32 mW), and the 3 dB modulation bandwidth was approximately 170 MHz

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