Optical Instruments, Volume. 47, Issue 3, 23(2025)

Research on terahertz radiation beam performance based on femtosecond laser-pumped photoconductive antenna

Rufei LIN and Xuguang GUO*
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  • School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    Terahertz (THz) radiation generated by femtosecond laser-pumped photoconductive antenna (PCA) is the most widely used THz wide-frequency source at present. A hemispherical or super-hemispherical silicon lens is usually integrated with a PCA to improve its radiation directivity, beam quality, and radiation efficiency. However, due to the misalignments of the laser focused spot, and between the PCA and the silicon lens, the THz radiation center is not on the rotation symmetrical axis of the silicon lens, resulting in the deviation of THz radiation direction, the deterioration of THz beam quality, and the reduction of radiation efficiency. In this work, a GaAs Schottky detector, mounted on a two-dimensional translation stage was used to obtain the spatial profile of a THz beam radiated from a PCA integrated with a silicon lens. The influence of misalignment between the PCA and the silicon lens on the radiation directivity was clarified. The problem of how to adjust the position of the lens when the radiation of the PCA is offset in the experiment is solved. The effects of misalignment between the PCA and the silicon lens are numerically simulated by using the CST electromagnetic simulation package. The simulation results are consistent with the experiment data.

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    Rufei LIN, Xuguang GUO. Research on terahertz radiation beam performance based on femtosecond laser-pumped photoconductive antenna[J]. Optical Instruments, 2025, 47(3): 23

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    Paper Information

    Received: Mar. 8, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Xuguang GUO (xgguo_sh@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.202403080043

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