An Integrated Germanium-Based THz Impulse Radiator with an Optical Waveguide Coupled Photoconductive Switch in Silicon
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design Techniques and System Architecture
2.1. Ultrafast Germanium Thin Film
2.2. Waveguide-Coupling THz Photoconductive Switch
2.3. System Architecture
3. Measurement Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Chen, P.; Hosseini, M.; Babakhani, A. An Integrated Germanium-Based THz Impulse Radiator with an Optical Waveguide Coupled Photoconductive Switch in Silicon. Micromachines 2019, 10, 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10060367
Chen P, Hosseini M, Babakhani A. An Integrated Germanium-Based THz Impulse Radiator with an Optical Waveguide Coupled Photoconductive Switch in Silicon. Micromachines. 2019; 10(6):367. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10060367
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Peiyu, Mostafa Hosseini, and Aydin Babakhani. 2019. "An Integrated Germanium-Based THz Impulse Radiator with an Optical Waveguide Coupled Photoconductive Switch in Silicon" Micromachines 10, no. 6: 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10060367