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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Tomioka, Chino, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A terahertz wave detection device which includes an absorption portion which absorbs a terahertz wave and generates heat and a conversion portion which converts the heat generated by the absorption portion into an electric signal, wherein the absorption portion includes a dielectric layer, a plurality of metal structures which are provided on one surface of the dielectric layer and are arranged to be separated from one another by an interval having a predetermined length; and a metal layer which is provided on the other surface of the dielectric layer, and wherein the interval is shorter than a wavelength of the terahertz wave which is absorbed by the absorption portion.