A theory of how to improve the radiation of the photoconductive antenna

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作者
Li, Di [1 ]
Huang, Yi [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GJ, Merseyside, England
来源
2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY: SMALL AND SMART ANTENNAS, METAMATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS | 2007年
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10.1109/IWAT.2007.370183
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The photoconductive antenna is the most widely used device to generate and detect the Terahertz (THz) wave but it has a limitation that the generated power is very low. There have been some investigations into how to increase the radiated THz power and it was found that to excite at a point is a practical method to improve the efficiency. In this paper, a theory is developed to support this idea. The analysis shows the reason why excitation at a point can generate higher THz power than the whole gap excitation of photoconductive antenna.
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