We experimentally demonstrate a high power nanosecond pulsed terahertz(THz)-wave parametric oscillator(TPO)by using a wide pump beam.A surface emitted cavity configuration is employed to reduce the THz absorption in MgO:LiNbO_(3) crystal.The THz wave can be tuned from 1 THz to 3 THz.A maximum THz output energy of 438 nJ/pulse is achieved at 1.56 Hz using a 4.5-mm-diameter pump beam with a pulse energy of 226 mJ pump energy with the repetition of 10 Hz,corresponding to the energy conversion efficiency of 1.94×10^(-6).
设计并制备了两种工作在太赫兹波段的等离子体晶体波导,利用其带隙位置随波导间空气间隙变化而连续变化的特点,实现了光开关和机械可调谐滤波器的功能。利用太赫兹时域光谱系统研究了这两种等离子体晶体波导的传输和滤波性质,利用时域有限差分法计算了其透射率,用有限元法计算了其带隙性质和场分布。结果表明应用这两种结构实现的可调谐滤波器都具有良好的性能,其中一维等离子体晶体波导的调谐范围达到了130 GHz,消光比为30 d B;二维等离子体晶体波导的调谐范围达到了110 GHz,消光比可达40 d B。
A wireless terahertz digital transmission link is demonstrated, in which a quantum-cascade laser and a spectrally-matched quantum-well photodetector serve as the emitter and receiver, respectively. An on-off modulation scheme is used. By directly amplitude modulating the laser emitting at 4.13 THz, a 1.0-Mbps pseudorandom signal is transmitted over a distance of 2.2 m.
The terahertz quantum-cascade laser(THz QCL) based on bound-to-continuum structure is demonstrated. The X-ray diffraction measurement of the material shows a high crystalline quality of the active region. A THz QCL device was fabricated with semi-insulating surface-plasmon waveguide. The test device is lasing at about 3 THz and operating up to60 K. It shows a single frequency property under different drive currents and temperatures. At 9 K, the maximum output power is greater than 2 mW with a threshold current density of 159 A/cm2.
A metamaterial based on complementary planar double-split-ring resonator (DSRR) structure is presented and demonstrated, which can optically tune the transmission of the terahertz (THz) wave. Unlike the traditional DSRR metamaterials, the DSRR discussed in this paper consists of two split rings connected by two bridges. Numerical simulations with the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method reveal that the transmission spectra of the original and the complementary metamaterials are both in good agreement with Babinet's principle. Then by increasing the carrier density of the intrinsic GaAs substrate, the magnetic response of the complementary special DSRR metamaterial can be weakened or even turned off. This metamaterial structure is promised to be a narrow-band THz modulator with response time of several nanoseconds.
