Multi-channel signal recording with photoconductive antennas for THz imaging

M. Herrmann1, M. Tani2, K. Sakai1, M. Watanabe1
1Communications Research laboratory, Kansai Advanced Research Center, Iwaoka, Japan
2Research Center for Superconductor Photonics, Osaka University, Japan

Tóm tắt

We have constructed a small and cheap, yet efficient electronic circuit for reading out THz signals from photoconductive antennas. An 8-channel version of this circuit has been used for THz imaging by simultaneously recording sets of 8 time-domain THz waveforms with an array of 8 photoconductive antennas.

Từ khóa

#Photoconductivity #Pulse amplifiers #Photoconducting devices #Laser excitation #Circuits #Charge coupled devices #Charge-coupled image sensors #Optical pulse generation #Time domain analysis #Antenna arrays

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