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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Kanno, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Sakai, Nara, JP;
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/10 (2006.01); H01L 35/16 (2006.01); G01N 21/3586 (2014.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01N 21/3586 (2013.01); G02F 1/353 (2013.01); H01L 35/16 (2013.01); G02F 2203/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A terahertz electromagnetic wave generator according to the present disclosure includes: a substrate; a thermoelectric material layer which is supported by the substrate and which has a surface; and a pulsed laser light source system which locally heats the thermoelectric material layer with an edge of the surface of the thermoelectric material layer irradiated with pulsed light, thereby generating a terahertz electromagnetic wave from the thermoelectric material layer.