Principles of THz Direct Detection

Elliott R. Brown, Daniel Segovia-Vargas

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSemiconductor THz Technology
Subtitle of host publicationDevices and Systems at Room Temperature Operation
PublisherWiley-IEEE Press
Pages212-253
Number of pages42
ISBN (Electronic)9781118920411
ISBN (Print)9781118920428
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 24 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Engineering

Keywords

  • Amplifier noise
  • Bolometric resistor (bolometer)
  • Current noise density
  • Direct detection
  • Electrical responsivity
  • Equivalent noise bandwidth
  • External coupling efficiency
  • External responsivity
  • Golay (pneumatic) cell
  • Ideality factor
  • Impedance matching
  • Microbolometer
  • MOS and HEMT field-effect transistors (FETs)
  • Noise equivalent power (NEP)
  • Noise-equivalent temperature difference (NETD)
  • Planar-antenna coupling
  • Plasma-wave detection
  • Pyroelectric capacitor
  • Radiation (photon) noise
  • Rectification
  • Schottky diode
  • Shot noise
  • Signal-to-noise ratio
  • Temperature fluctuation (phonon) noise
  • Thermal (Johnson-Nyquist) noise
  • Thermal conductance
  • Thermal detection
  • THz radiation
  • Voltage noise density
  • Wiedemann-Franz law

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