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Optimization of photomixers and antennas for continuous-wave terahertz emission
We have studied terahertz emission from interdigitated
finger photomixers coupled to planar antenna structures.
Using both pulsed and continuous-wave excitation, polarization
measurements reveal that the antenna design dominates the properties
of the radiated output at frequencies below 0.6 THz, while
the efficiency at higher frequencies is additionally dependent on
the design of the photomixer fingers. We have produced terahertz
maps of the device, characterizing the photomixer by measuring
the generated power as a function of the excitation position. Together,
these measurements have allowed us to understand better
the distinct roles of the photomixer and antenna in emission at
different fre
Comparative Study of Heterosturcture Barrier Diodes in the GaAs/AlGaAs System
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High quality GaMnAs films grown with As dimers
We demonstrate that GaMnAs films grown with As2 have excellent structural,
electrical and magnetic properties, comparable or better than similar films
grown with As4. Using As2, a Curie temperature of 112K has been achieved, which
is slightly higher than the best reported to date. More significantly, films
showing metallic conduction have been obtained over a much wider range of Mn
concentrations (from 1.5% to 8%) than has been reported for films grown with
As4. The improved properties of the films grown with As2 are related to the
lower concentration of antisite defects at the low growth temperatures
employed.Comment: 8 pages, accepted for publication in J. Crystal Growt
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Extremely uniform tunnel barriers for low-cost device manufacture
We report on the final steps needed to achieve the
level of control over the properties of single tunnel barriers of
AlAs needed to allow the manufacture of high-volume low-cost
microwave and millimeter-waves detectors. We achieve a
1% standard deviation of the current–voltage characteristics
across 2-in wafers and average currents from different wafers
varying by 1%, when modeling shows that a monolayer error in
the AlAs barrier layer thickness would result in a 270% change
in the same electrical characteristics.This work was supported in part
by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council and in part by
the Royal Society’s Mercer Innovation Award.This is the final version. It was first published by IEEE at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7097674
Optimised THz photoconductive devices based on low-temperature grown III-V compound semiconductors incorporating distributed Bragg reflectors
Miniaturized Folded Antenna with Improved Matching Characteristic for mm-wave Detections
UCMMT 2021 - UK-Europe-China Work. Millimetre-Waves Terahertz Technol., Sep. 2021UWIPOM2 project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857654
Low-Cost Compact Integrated Rectenna for Implantable Medical Receivers
This work describes a novel fully integrated rectenna circuit using tunnelling-based devices for implanted medical devices. An ASPAT (Asymmetric Spacer Layer Tunnel Diode) was used as the active rectifier due to its high non-linearity and temperature insensitivity features. A miniaturized geometry rectenna ( 1×5 mm 2 ) with improved matching characteristics was demonstrated, by integrating a Cockcroft-Walton rectifier with an L-shaped planar folded antenna structure operating at ISM frequency bands. The circuit performance was experimentally explored at various separation distance between transmitter and receiver units. For a 5cm transmission set-up, the rectenna with a single-stage rectifier delivered 0.8V output at 20dBm transmit power. An extended doubler configuration exhibited enhanced performance when multiple stages are used, is predicted to reach 0.24mW output power at 23dBm transmit power and yielding ~1.6V output voltage with an efficiency of 0.12%. These findings can assist in compensating for the degraded antenna gain attributed to the extremely small effective-radiating area of 0.04λ . Furthermore, the ability of controlling the antenna input impedance helps in circumventing the requirement for a matching circuitry thereby offering further reduction in chip size.UWIPOM2 project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857654
Development and optimisation of low-power magnetic flux leakage inspection parameters for mild steel welds
Fabrication of submicrometer INGAAS/ALAS resonant tunneling diode using a trilayer soft reflow technique with excellent scalability
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