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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Applicants:
Thomas E. Darcie, Victoria, CA;
Reuven Gordon, Victoria, CA;
Barmak Heshmat, Victoria, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UVic Industry Partnerships Inc., Victoria, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 (2006.01); H01S 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are devices and methods for enhancing the performance of photoconductive switches or photomixers used to generate or receive terahertz radiation. An interlaced electrode is used to minimize carrier transit times across an absorbing semiconductor photoconductor. This electrode is designed to support a plasmonic resonance such that coupling of the optical pump signal to the absorbing photoconductor is enhanced.