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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Lorenzo Tripodi, Eindhoven, NL;
Jaime Gomez Rivas, Eindhoven, NL;
Ullrich Richard Rudolf Pfeiffer, Kreuztal, DE;
Peter Gunther Haring Bolivar, Wenden, DE;
Lorenzo Tripodi, Eindhoven, NL;
Jaime Gomez Rivas, Eindhoven, NL;
Ullrich Richard Rudolf Pfeiffer, Kreuztal, DE;
Peter Gunther Haring Bolivar, Wenden, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A device for analyzing a sample using radiation in the terahertz frequency range is provided. The device comprises a transmitter () comprising a THz signal generator () for generating an electromagnetic THz signal, the THz signal generator comprising a nonlinear transmission line (). The device further comprises a surface plasmon polariton generating unit () adapted to convert the THz signal into a surface plasmon polariton. The transmitter () and the surface plamon polariton generating unit () are either integrated on one common substrate or on two separate substrates.