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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 25, Issue 20, Pages 1556-1558Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.001556
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We report what is to our knowledge the first detailed investigation of the polarization state of radiation from lens-coupled terahertz dipole antennas. The radiation exhibits a weak but measurable component that is polarized orthogonally to the orientation of the emitter dipole. The angular radiation pattern of this cross-polarized emission reveals that it is quadrupolar, rather than dipolar, in nature. One can understand this result by taking into account the photocurrent flowing in the strip lines that feed the dipole antenna. A Fresnel-Kirchhoff scalar diffraction calculation is used for calculating the frequency-dependent angular distribution of the radiation pattern, providing satisfactory agreement with the measurements. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 320.7080, 260.5430, 260.5150.
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