Generacja fal terahercowych z zastosowaniem laserów półprzewodnikowych

• Autorzy: Mroziewicz B.

Warianty tytułu

EN

Generation of terahertz waves with semiconductor lasers

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

PL

Pasmo częstotliwości terahercowych w widmie promieniowania elektromagnetycznego to ostatni skrawek tego widma dotychczas słabo wykorzystywany w technice. Powodem tego stanu rzeczy są trudności w osiągnięciu fal o częstotliwości terahercowej. Tymczasem technika ta znajduje coraz szersze możliwości aplikacyjne. W artykule omówiono metody generacji fal terahercowych oparte na wykorzystaniu promieniowania emitowanego przez lasery - szczególnie lasery półprzewodnikowe. Znaczną część artykułu poświęcono opisowi zjawisk leżących u podstaw tej techniki z położeniem nacisku na zjawisko mieszania częstotliwości. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na potencjał tkwiący w kwantowych laserach kaskadowych i laserach dwufalowych, które uważane są za szczególnie perspektywiczne z punktu widzenia budowy generatorów promieniowania terahercowego o znaczącej mocy wyjściowej.

EN

The terahertz frequency band is the last shred of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that had been left al most unused in practical applications. The situation has been caused by difficulties encountered when trying to generate terahertz wavelengths of meaningful power. However, this technique finds ever increasing applications and has aroused a great interest in its development. In the paper we describe basic phenomena leading to generation of terahertz signals by optical methods. Photo-mixing of laser beams is treated more in detail due to variety of possibilities offered by the method itself and semiconductor lasers in particular. Quantum Cascade Lasers and two-colour external cavity lasers deserve special attention as promising sources of high output power terahertz signals and the state of the art in this field has been therefore enlightened more thoroughly.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

fale terahercowe; generacja; lasery półprzewodnikowe

EN

terahertz waves; generation; semiconductor lasers

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT
• Czasopismo: Elektronika : konstrukcje, technologie, zastosowania
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 50, nr 9
• Strony: 132--143
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 56 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Mroziewicz B.

• Instytut Technologii Elektronowej, Warszawa

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