Semiconductor gain medium which can generate THz radiation | |
MAURO PEREIRA | |
2010-05-26 | |
著作权人 | SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY |
专利号 | GB2465433A |
国家 | 英国 |
文献子类 | 发明申请 |
其他题名 | Semiconductor gain medium which can generate THz radiation |
英文摘要 | A semiconductor gain medium for example, GaAs and AlGaAs with alternating intrinsic and p-doped regions or InGaAs-InP quantum well-multiple barrier structures are described which can generate THz frequency electromagnetic radiation. The gain medium is configured so as to have a valence band having a plurality of sub-band states. The energy spacing between a first sub-band state and a second sub-band state is such that a hole transitioning from the first sub-band state to the second sub-band state will emit TE mode electromagnetic radiation in the THz frequency range. A method of generating THz frequency electromagnetic radiation from the semiconductor gain medium is also described. A hole is introduced in a sub-band state of a valence band of the semi-conductor medium. The hole is allowed to transition into a lower energy sub-band state of the valence band of the semi-conductor medium and to emit TE mode electromagnetic radiation in the THz frequency range. The gain medium may be used in a vertical cavity emitting laser (VCSEL, 700 Figure 7). The invention may use k-space filtering resulting from intervalence transitions in semiconductor structures operating at high temperatures. |
公开日期 | 2010-05-26 |
申请日期 | 2008-11-25 |
状态 | 失效 |
内容类型 | 专利 |
源URL | [http://ir.opt.ac.cn/handle/181661/66436] |
专题 | 半导体激光器专利数据库 |
作者单位 | SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | MAURO PEREIRA. Semiconductor gain medium which can generate THz radiation. GB2465433A. 2010-05-26. |
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