Photovariation of grating-assisted coupling of terahertz waves into a silicon waveguide.

Autor: Aquistapace, F., Duvillaret, L., Garet, F., Roux, J.-F., Coutaz, J.-L.
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Physics; 12/15/2003, Vol. 94 Issue 12, p7888-7891, 4p, 1 Diagram, 5 Graphs
Abstrakt: Using terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy, we study the coupling of THz waves into a silicon waveguide by means of a grating coupler. We vary the efficiency of the coupling coefficient for selected frequencies up to 20% in amplitude (40% in intensity) by generating photocarriers in the silicon material through illumination of the waveguide with white light. The experimental data are well fitted using the differential method to model the grating diffraction. © 2003 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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