Sub-THz Power Measurements with Ambient Pyroelectric Detectors
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-28-2016
Abstract
We present a simple cross-calibration procedure for measuring THz power with room-temperature pyroelectric detectors. When efficiently coupled, large-area, metal-film-coated lithium tantalate pyroelectric detectors are perfectly capable of detecting microwatt average power levels or less from THz sources, pulsed or cw. Here we focus on a brass flared-horn coupling technique that increases the pyroelectric responsivity by about 5x compared to traditional, quasi-optical coupling.
Repository Citation
Brown, E.,
Bagherzadeh, H.,
& Zhang, W.
(2016). Sub-THz Power Measurements with Ambient Pyroelectric Detectors. International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1094
DOI
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758896
