Baehr-Jones, T. and Hochberg, M. and Soref, Richard and Scherer, A. (2008) Design of a tunable, room temperature, continuous-wave terahertz source and detector using silicon waveguides. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 25 (2). pp. 261-267. ISSN 0740-3224. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BAEjosab08
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Abstract
We describe the design of a silicon-based source for radiation in the 0.5-14 THz regime. This new class of devices will permit continuously tunable, milliwatt scale, cw, room temperature operation, a substantial advance over currently available technologies. Our silicon terahertz generator consists of a silicon waveguide for near-infrared radiation, contained within a metal waveguide for terahertz radiation. A nonlinear polymer cladding permits two near-infrared lasers to mix, and through difference-frequency generation produces terahertz output. The small dimensions of the design greatly increase the optical fields, enhancing the nonlinear effect. The design can also be used to detect terahertz radiation.
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Additional Information: | © 2008 Optical Society of America. Received July 30, 2007; revised December 13, 2007; accepted December 28, 2007; posted January 7, 2008 (Doc. ID 85431); published January 30, 2008. This work was supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-04-1-0434) and DARPA (HR0011-04-1-0054). | ||||||
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Official Citation: | T. Baehr-Jones, M. Hochberg, R. Soref, and A. Scherer, "Design of a tunable, room temperature, continuous-wave terahertz source and detector using silicon waveguides," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, 261-268 (2008) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-25-2-261 | ||||||
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