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Electro-optic modulators provide a key function in optical transceivers and increasingly in photonic programmable Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for machine learning and signal processing. However, both foundry ready…

Plasmonic detectors have the potential to provide a method of rapid spectroscopy without the need of moving mirrors or gratings. Previous measurements have demonstrated frequency tunable detection based on plasmonic excitations, however…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-02-04 Che Jin Bae , Gottfried Strasser , Andrea G. Markelz

Dense depth recovery is crucial in autonomous driving, serving as a foundational element for obstacle avoidance, 3D object detection, and local path planning. Adverse weather conditions, including haze, dust, rain, snow, and darkness,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Han Li , Yukai Ma , Yuehao Huang , Yaqing Gu , Weihua Xu , Yong Liu , Xingxing Zuo

The terahertz spectral regime, ranging from about 0.1 to 15 THz, is one of the least explored yet most technologically transformative spectral regions. One current challenge is to develop efficient and compact terahertz emitters/detectors…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 Liang Luo , Ioannis Chatzakis , Jigang Wang , Fabian B. P. Niesler , Martin Wegener , Thomas Koschny , Costas M. Soukoulis

A room-temperature mid-infrared (9 um) heterodyne system based on high-performance unipolar optoelectronic devices is presented. The local oscillator (LO) is a quantum cascade laser, while the receiver is an antenna coupled quantum well…

This paper investigates experimental means of measuring the transmission matrix (TM) of a highly scattering medium, with the simplest optical setup. Spatial light modulation is performed by a digital micromirror device (DMD), allowing high…

Designing terahertz sensors with high sensitivity to detect nanoscale thin films and single biomolecule presents a significant challenge, and addressing these obstacles is crucial for unlocking their full potential in scientific research…

Terahertz (THz) imaging has the ability to see through otherwise opaque materials. However, due to the long wavelengths of THz radiation ({\lambda}=300{\mu}m at 1THz), far-field THz imaging techniques are heavily outperformed by optical…

We present an integrated THz spectroscopy and sensing platform featuring low loss, vacuum-like dispersion, and strong field confinement in the fundamental mode. Its performance was characterized experimentally for frequencies between 0.1…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-02 David Rohrbach , Bong Joo Kang , Elnaz Zyaee , Thomas Feurer

We present an electrically tunable terahertz two dimensional plasmonic interferometer with an integrated detection element that down converts the terahertz fields to a DC signal. The integrated detector utilizes a resonant plasmonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 Gregory C. Dyer , Gregory R. Aizin , S. James Allen , Albert D. Grine , Don Bethke , John L. Reno , Eric A. Shaner

In this paper, we consider the problem of joint transceiver design for millimeter wave (mmWave)/Terahertz (THz) multi-user MIMO integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. Such a problem is formulated into a nonconvex optimization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Peilan Wang , Jun Fang , Xianlong Zeng , Zhi Chen , Hongbin Li

We achieve high detectivity terahertz sensing using a silicon nitride nanomechanical resonator functionalized with a metasurface absorber. High performances are achieved by striking a fine balance between the frequency stability of the…

Unlocking the potential of terahertz (THz) and millimetre (mm) waves for next generation communications and imaging applications requires reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) with programmable elements that can manipulate the waves in…

We introduce a novel scheme for efficient manipulation and detection of terahertz (THz) radiation. Our work consists of two parts; with a focus on proving the concept of our novel scheme, and the exploitation of graphene's peculiar…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-12 Hossam Galal

Terahertz (THz) communication technology is regarded as a promising enabler for achieving ultra-high data rate transmission in next-generation communication systems. To mitigate the high path loss in THz systems, the transmitting beams are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Yanzhao Hou , Guoning Wang , Chen Chen , Gaoze Mu , Qimei Cui , Xiaofeng Tao , Yuanmu Yang

Imaging applications in the terahertz (THz) frequency range are severely restricted by diffraction. Near-field scanning probe microscopy is commonly employed to enable mapping of the THz electromagnetic fields with sub-wavelength spatial…

We demonstrated an ultra-broadband, polarization-insensitive and wide-angle metamaterial absorber for terahertz (THz) frequencies using arrays of truncated pyramid unit structure made of metal-dielectric multilayer composite. In our design…

Optics · Physics 2014-06-02 Jianfei Zhu , Zhaofeng Ma , Wujiong Sun , Fei Ding , Qiong He , Lei Zhou , Yungui Ma

We report here the first RF noise measurements on two designs of n-doped GaN/AlN double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), each having a room-temperature negative differential resistance (NDR) and also strong near-UV light emission.…

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