Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Kiwon Moon

Kyung Hyun Park

Hyun Soo Kim

Jeong Woo Park

Il Min Lee

Eui Su Lee

Dong Woo Park

Sang-Pil Han

Han-Cheol Ryu

Namje Kim

Hyunsung Ko

Jun-Hwan Shin

Jun Hwan Shin

Ho Joon Lee

Dahye Choi

Kyeong Sun Choi

Disclosed is a terahertz wave generating apparatus. The terahertz wave generating apparatus includes a dual mode laser including a first single mode laser that generates a first beating signal, a gain adjustment region that modulates the first beating signal, and a second single mode laser that generates a second beating signal, and a photomixer that mixes the modulated first beating signal and the second beating signal, and that modulates a current supplied based on a beating frequency of the mixed beating signals to generate a terahertz wave signal, and the gain adjustment region is formed between the first single mode laser and the second single mode laser, and the first beating signal is output from the first single mode laser to the gain adjustment region and is modulated based on a reverse bias voltage supplied to the gain adjustment region.

Terahertz wave generating apparatus using dual mode laser

Provided is a terahertz light source device including an antenna, a plurality of wire electrodes configured to connect the antenna to a power source, a capacitor connected to the wire electrodes between the antenna and the power source, and a plurality of resonance tunneling diodes connected to the wire electrodes between the capacitor and the antenna, and configured to generate a terahertz wave by coupling with the capacitor as a parallel resonance circuit with respect to the power source.

Terahertz light source device

Provided are a polygon mirror assembly and a scan device. A polygon mirror assembly includes: a polygon mirror including a plurality of reflection surfaces spaced apart from a rotation axis by a predetermined distance; a first motor for rotating the polygon mirror around the rotation axis; a second motor for moving the polygon mirror in a first axial direction such that the rotation axis is tilted while the first motor rotates the polygon mirror; and a clock signal extraction surface for extracting a clock signal for detecting a change in a rotational speed of the first motor.

Polygon mirror assembly and scan device

A Schottky barrier diode includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, and a metal layer formed on the second semiconductor layer to form a Schottky barrier, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are formed of different materials, and a conduction band offset between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is less than a set value.

Schottky barrier diode and method for manufacturing the same

Provided is a broadband photomixer technology that is a core to generate continuous frequency variable and pulsed terahertz waves. It is possible to enhance light absorptance by applying the transmittance characteristic of a 2D light crystal structure and it is possible to increase the generation efficiency of terahertz waves accordingly. Moreover, it is possible to implement a wide area array type terahertz photomixer by applying an interdigit structure and spatially properly arranging a light crystal structure having various cycles. Accordingly, it is possible to solve difficulty in thermal characteristic and light alignment by mitigating the high light density of a light absorption unit and low photoelectric conversion efficiency is drastically improved. In addition, the radiation pattern of terahertz waves may be electrically controlled through the present invention.

Wide area array type photonic crystal photomixer for generating and detecting broadband terahertz wave

Provided is a terahertz wave generating/detecting apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same. The terahertz wave generating/detecting apparatus includes; a substrate having an active region and a transmitting region; a lower metal layer extending in a first direction on the active region and the transmitting region of the substrate; a graphene layer disposed on the lower metal layer on the active region; and upper metal layers extending in the first direction on the graphene layer of the active region and the substrate in the transmission region, wherein a terahertz wave is generated or amplified by a surface plasmon polariton that is induced on a boundary surface between the graphene layer and the lower metal layer by beated laser light applied to the graphene layer and the metal layer.

Apparatus for generating/detecting terahertz wave using graphene and manufacturing method of the same

A terahertz wave generating module includes a bidirectional light source which provides a first dual-mode beam in a first direction and a second dual-mode beam in a second direction; a forward lens unit which focuses the first dual-mode beam; a photomixer unit which converts the first dual-mode beam focused by the forward lens unit into a terahertz wave; a backward lens unit which focuses the second dual-mode beam; and a light output unit which uses the second dual-mode beam focused by the backward lens unit as a light signal, wherein the bidirectional light source, the forward lens unit, the photomixer unit, the backward lens unit, and the light output unit are integrated in a housing.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Kiwon Moon