期刊
JOURNAL OF INFRARED MILLIMETER AND TERAHERTZ WAVES
卷 36, 期 3, 页码 269-277出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-014-0125-5
关键词
Terahertz spectroscopy; Frequency domain; Distributed feedback lasers; InGaAs photomixers; Optoelectronics
资金
- Hessian LOEWE-Sensors Towards Terahertz program
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) [KF 2806201PR0]
To date, exploiting the full bandwidth of state-of-the-art InGaAs photomixers for generation and detection of continuous-wave (CW) THz radiation (typ. similar to 50 GHz to similar to 3 THz) required complex and costly external-cavity diode lasers with motorized resonator control. Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, by contrast, are compact and inexpensive, but the tuning range per diode is limited to similar to 600 GHz at 1.5 mu m. In this paper, we show that a combination of three DFB diodes covers the complete frequency range from 0 - 2750 GHz without any gaps. In combination with InGaAs-based photomixers for terahertz generation and detection, the system achieves a dynamic range of > 100 dB at 56 GHz, 64 dB at 1000 GHz, and 26 dB at 2500 GHz. A field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based lock-in amplifier permits a flexible adjustment of the integration time from 0.5 ms to 600 ms. Employing an optimized fast scan mode, a spectrum of similar to 1200 GHz - the bandwidth of each subset of two lasers - and 40 MHz steps is acquired in less than one minute, still maintaining a reasonable dynamic range. To the best of our knowledge, the bandwidth of 2.75 THz presents a new record for DFB-based CW-terahertz systems.
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