Abstract
We report on experimental study of the photoconductive antennas (PCA)-emitters featuring conventional topology as well as metallic metasurface with plasmonic grating, based on the InGaAs/InAlAs superlattices. We measure and determine the photocurrents and the emission spectra of the PCAs, as well as the energy characteristics of the terahertz (THz) radiation, and the efficiency of the optical-to-THz conversion for different bias voltages and average laser excitation power. The integral THz emission power of 10 μW as well as conversion efficiency of 0.2% are demonstrated for the PCA with the metasurface, which are not reachable for the conventional due to thermal breakdown of the antenna. Therefore, the PCAs with the metasurface can be considered to be the attractive THz emitters that can potentially become among the elemental base for modern THz spectroscopic systems for biomedical applications.
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