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International System of Units (SI) Traceable Noise-Equivalent Power and Responsivity Characterization of Continuous Wave ErAs:InGaAs Photoconductive Terahertz Detectors
- Anuar de Jesus Fernandez Olvera,
- Axel Roggenbuck,
- Katja Dutzi,
- Nico Vieweg,
- Hong Lu,
- Arthur C. Gossard and
- Sascha Preu
A theoretical model for the responsivity and noise-equivalent power (NEP) of photoconductive antennas (PCAs) as coherent, homodyne THz detectors is presented. The model is validated by comparison to experimental values obtained for two ErAs:InGaAs PC...