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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

| OPTICAL PHYSICS

  • Editor: Henry M. Van Driel
  • Vol. 25, Iss. 2 — Feb. 1, 2008
  • pp: 261–268

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Design of a tunable, room temperature, continuous-wave terahertz source and detector using silicon waveguides

T. Baehr-Jones, M. Hochberg, Richard Soref, and A. Scherer  »View Author Affiliations


JOSA B, Vol. 25, Issue 2, pp. 261-268 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.25.000261


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Abstract

We describe the design of a silicon-based source for radiation in the 0.5 – 14   THz regime. This new class of devices will permit continuously tunable, milliwatt scale, cw, room temperature operation, a substantial advance over currently available technologies. Our silicon terahertz generator consists of a silicon waveguide for near-infrared radiation, contained within a metal waveguide for terahertz radiation. A nonlinear polymer cladding permits two near-infrared lasers to mix, and through difference-frequency generation produces terahertz output. The small dimensions of the design greatly increase the optical fields, enhancing the nonlinear effect. The design can also be used to detect terahertz radiation.

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OCIS Codes
(040.0040) Detectors : Detectors
(040.6040) Detectors : Silicon
(060.4080) Fiber optics and optical communications : Modulation
(130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices

ToC Category:
THz Domain

History
Original Manuscript: July 30, 2007
Revised Manuscript: December 13, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: December 28, 2007
Published: January 30, 2008

Citation
T. Baehr-Jones, M. Hochberg, Richard Soref, and A. Scherer, "Design of a tunable, room temperature, continuous-wave terahertz source and detector using silicon waveguides," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, 261-268 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-25-2-261

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