Bright MM-Wave and THz Luminescence by Down-Conversion of Near-IR Amplified-Spontaneous-Emission

E. R. Brown; J. E. Bjarnason; T. L.J. Wilkinson; D. C. Driscoll; M. Hanson; A. C. Gossard

doi:10.1007/s10762-005-0290-7

Bright MM-Wave and THz Luminescence by Down-Conversion of Near-IR Amplified-Spontaneous-Emission

E. R. Brown
, J. E. Bjarnason
, T. L.J. Wilkinson
, D. C. Driscoll
, M. Hanson
, A. C. Gossard

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Abstract

We report the measurement of exceptionally bright, incoherent radiation in the THz region by frequency down-conversion of amplified spontaneous emission around 775-nm wavelength. The down-conversion technique is optical mixing in an interdigital photoconductive capacitor made from ultra fast ErAs:GaAs. The brightness temperature into a single spatial mode is approximately 1.1×10 5 K, making the new radiation at least 70 times more intense than common incandescent sources in the THz region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1691-1702
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Volume	26
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-005-0290-7
State	Published - Dec 2005
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Radiation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Brightness temperature
Infrared spontaneous emission
Photomixing
Terahertz radiation

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Bright MM-Wave and THz Luminescence by Down-Conversion of Near-IR Amplified-Spontaneous-Emission

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