Gratingless integrated tunneling multiplexer for terahertz waves

Resonant Tunneling Diodes for Sub-Terahertz and Terahertz Oscillators

Imaging with terahertz waves.

We present what is to our knowledge the first imaging system based on optoelectronic terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Terahertz time-domain waveforms are downconverted from the terahertz to the kilohertz frequency range, and the waveform for each pixel is frequency analyzed in real time with a digital signal processor to extract compositional information at that point. We demonstrate applica...

Terahertz Waves for Communications and Sensing

he development of technology in the THz frequency band has seen rapid progress recently. Considered as an extension of the microwave and millimeter wave bands, the THz frequency offers greater communications bandwidth than is available at microwave frequencies. The development of sources and detectors for this frequency range has been driven by other applications such as spectroscopy, imaging, ...

Multilevel silicon diffractive optics for terahertz waves

A multilevel microfabrication process has been developed to produce silicon Fresnel lenses for terahertz waves. A repeated binary fabrication process was used to create lenses with up to eight levels in complexity and these lenses have been compared to both less complex structures and refractive optic lenses. The microfabrication required deep reactive ion etching and multilevel resist processi...

Integrated Horn Antennas for Terahertz Applications

We are developing integrated and receivers antennas for terahertz applications. As the remote-sensing/radio-astronomical frequencies are pushed higher into the millimeter and submillimeterwave regions, integrated antennas and receivers become competitive with standard waveguide receivers. The integrated receivers consist of an antenna integrated directly with a matching network/mixer. Integrate...