Ultrafast Photoconductive Devices Based Upon GaSs:ErSs Nanoparticle Composite Driven at 1550 NM
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
This paper reports progress on a type of ultrafast photoconductive source that can be driven at 1550 nm but exhibits the robustness of GaAs (e.g., low-temperature-grown GaAs) driven at 780 nm. The approach is GaAs doped heavily with Er (A4x1020 cm-3 or 2% atomic-Er-to-Ga fraction) such that ErAs nanoparticles form spontaneously during epitaxial growth by MBE. The nanoparticles are mostly spherical with a diameter of a few nm while the packing density is estimated as high as ∼2.2x1019/cm3. Yet, the Er-doped GaAs epilayer maintains excellent structural quality and smooth surface morphology. A photoconductive switch coupled to a 4-turn square spiral antenna is fabricated and characterized. At least ∼40 μW average THz power is generated when the device is biased at 75 V and pumped with a 1550-nm 90-fs-short pulsed laser having average power ∼85 mW. This research is significant for 1550-nm-technologycompatible, cost-effective THz sources.
Repository Citation
Zhang, W.,
Mingardi, A.,
Brown, E.,
Feldman, A.,
Harvey, T.,
& Mirin, R.
(2017). Ultrafast Photoconductive Devices Based Upon GaSs:ErSs Nanoparticle Composite Driven at 1550 NM. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1019308.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1091
DOI
10.1117/12.2262647
