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Terahertz radiation enhancement in large-area photoconductive sources by using plasmonic nanoantennas
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Terahertz radiation enhancement in large-area photoconductive sources by using plasmonic nanoantennas

Nezih T. Yardimci, Shang-Hua Yang, Christopher W. Berry and Mona Jarrahi
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, Vol.2015-August, 7184157
08/2015

Abstract

Optical device fabrication Optical pulses Optical pumping Optical recording Plasmons Substrates Terahertz radiation Electrical and Electronic Engineering Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials
We demonstrate that incorporating plasmonic nanoantennas in large-area photoconductive sources enables record-high terahertz radiation powers as high as 3.8 mW over 0.1-5 THz and an order-of-magnitude higher optical-to-terahertz conversion efficiencies compared to conventional designs.

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