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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 19, Iss. 16 — Aug. 1, 2011
  • pp: 15077–15089

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Single-walled carbon nanotubes as base material for THz photoconductive switching: a theoretical study from input power to output THz emission

Barmak Heshmat, Hamid Pahlevaninezhad, Matthew Craig Beard, Chris Papadopoulos, and Thomas Edward Darcie  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 16, pp. 15077-15089 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.015077


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Abstract

This paper studies the relation between photoexcitation of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) based device, and its THz output power in the context of THz photoconductive (PC) switching and THz photomixing. A detailed approach of calculating output THz power for such a device describes the effect of each parameter on the performance of the THz PC switch and highlights the design dependent achievable limits. A numerical assessment, with typical values for each parameter, shows that–subject to thermal stability of the device–SWNT based PC switch can improve the output power by almost two orders of magnitudes compared to conventional materials such as LT-GaAs.

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OCIS Codes
(230.6080) Optical devices : Sources
(040.2235) Detectors : Far infrared or terahertz
(160.4236) Materials : Nanomaterials

ToC Category:
Materials

History
Original Manuscript: April 8, 2011
Revised Manuscript: June 23, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 9, 2011
Published: July 21, 2011

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Barmak Heshmat, Hamid Pahlevaninezhad, Matthew Craig Beard, Chris Papadopoulos, and Thomas Edward Darcie, "Single-walled carbon nanotubes as base material for THz photoconductive switching: a theoretical study from input power to output THz emission," Opt. Express 19, 15077-15089 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-16-15077


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