The Norton equivalent circuit model of PCA to predict the parasitic effects of the substrate on THz emission saturation

Conference paper (2024)

Authors

P.M. Sberna Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
G. Ghosh ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials - AS
M.D. Huiskes Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
L.D.A. Siebbeles ChemE/Opto-electronic Materials - AS
A. Neto Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

Abstract

Photo-conductive antennas (PCAs) are the workhorse of time-domain THz sensing and imaging. In this work, we employ a rigorous Norton equivalent circuit model to identify and estimate the substrate-related parasitic effects, that might limit the THz emission, to better design future PCAs.

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